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11 years ago

what is u-boot?

Hello All, What is Altera U-boot? Searched the web, found how to do, but not what is it... Could someone give a short description what is u-boot or refer me to a good resource, which explains ...
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10 years ago

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Hello All,

What is Altera U-boot? Searched the web, found how to do, but not what is it... Could someone give a short description what is u-boot or refer me to a good resource, which explains this, on the web?

Thank you

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Not sure which part are you referring, if in arria 5 or cyclone V, the uboot is something nearer to the linux OS for start up, where there is another part called pre-loader is nearer to the hardware/ FGPA.