The U-Boot project has evolved in the time span of over 17 years and so as its complexity and its uses. This has made it a daunting task in getting started with its development and uses. This talk will address all these issues and share development efforts created by the U-Boot community. In this talk Jagan Teki(Maintainer for Allwinner SoC, SPI, SPI FLASH Subsystems) will introduce U-Boot from scratch with a brief overview of U-Boot history, U-Boot Proper, SPL, TPL, Build process and Startup sequence. He will talk about other preliminaries such as Image booting, Falcon Mode, Secure Boot and U-Boot features like device tree, device overlays, driver model and DFU, etc. Once giving enough introduction, he will also talk about steps to port U-Boot to new hardware with a demo, along with U-Boot testing process. Finally, he will address and review ongoing development work, issues and future development regarding U-Boot. About the company: We recently opened Amarula Solutions, India office. https://www.amarulasolutions.com/news/new-office-opening-soon-amarula-solutions-heading-to-india/ Here, we offer solutions around open source software. Our key operating areas are Embedded Linux, Boot Firmware, Mainline, Open source Multimedia, IoT/Android Solutions etc. Whether you have multimedia or web technologies needs, we have unique knowledge in key Open Source projects such as U-Boot, Linux, Buildroot, Yocto, Android, IoT, Qt5, G-Streamer. If Amarula Solutions can help your business and of your project at all please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. Amarula India look forward to hearing from you.
Speakers: Jagan Teki