Hi,
Thought trying U-Boot with linux.
Which is better to use with Linux on a customised arm board? Uboot or LILO or Umon .
Thx in advans, Karthik Balaguru
U-Boot Vs LILO Vs Umon
Nov 25, 2006
4 Replies
Das U-Boot.
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AFAIK, LILO is x86 only, so you won't be able to use it on ARM. Uboot is certainly good. I have no experience with Umon, so I cannot comment on that.
Rob
Robert Kaiser email: rkaiser AT sysgo DOT com
SYSGO AG http://www.elinos.com
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Have you considered OpenFirmware?
Generally I would recommend U-Boot because I have a good experience with it. However I haven't used other bootloaders.
One point to check is what boards similar to yours the bootloader is already ported to, since this has an impact on the effort you will have to put into getting it up and running. For U-Boot, you can check that in the "board" sub-tree of the U-Boot source-code tree. A related issue is obviously whether the bootloader is ported to the processor you are using. For U-Boot, that would be in the "cpu" sub-tree.
I know RedBoot is also ported to some ARM CPUs.
Best regards,
Alain
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