Das U-Boot
| Das U-Boot | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | DENX Software Engineering |
| Initial release | October 15, 1999 |
| Stable release | v2025.04
/ April 8, 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C, Assembly |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Boot loader |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | docs |
Das U-Boot (subtitled "the Universal Boot Loader" and often shortened to U-Boot; see History for more about the name) is an open-source boot loader used in embedded devices to perform various low-level hardware initialization tasks and boot the device's operating system kernel. It is available for a number of computer architectures, including M68000, ARM, Blackfin, MicroBlaze, AArch64, MIPS, Nios II, SuperH, PPC, Power ISA, RISC-V, LoongArch and x86.