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The U-Boot
“universal boot loader” is used extensively in the embedded-Linux world.
At the 2023 Embedded
Open Source Summit (EOSS), Simon Glass gave a presentation (slides,
YouTube video) on
the status of the project, with a focus on new features added over the last
several years. He also wanted to talk about complexity in the firmware
world, which he believes is increasing, and how U-Boot can help manage that
complexity. The talk was something of a grab bag of ideas and changes
throughout the increasingly large footprint of the project.