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Bootloader
A bootloader is typically used in Embedded computers and is responsible for the following:
- DRAM controller configuration
- launching the Operating System. For Linux this means:
- loading the kernel from storage media (flash, mmc, network, sata, etc)
- loading the device-tree-blob (dtb) from storage media (for kernels and boards that use device-tree)
- loading a ramdisk from storage media (optional - typically the kernel is passed parameters that instead will mount a rootfs)
- enough low-level chip configuration necessary to do the above
- any other early chip configuration necessary that may not handled by the Operating System
Gateworks uses the U-Boot Bootloader
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