Talk:Das U-Boot

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U-Boot = The Submarine discussion

The fact that "U-boot" is a commonly used abreviation for "Submarine" in German, doesn't mean that it is the intended name for the project. In fact, as the article states, it comes from "Universal Bootloader" http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Bootdoc/WebHome. It may be possible that it is usually called "The Submarine" by developers. I think the phrase should be rewritten to say that, the source cited OR removed. Ex Puexto (talk) 08:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I'm sure that the developers are quite aware of the all connotations of the term "U-Boot" more so as "U-Boot" is in fact the common term to refer to a submarine in german. So "pun intended". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.179.162.126 (talk) 19:44, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

wrong headword

This Software is called "U-Boot". No German article "das" in front. It should be moved to U-Boot (Software) --Thomei08 (talk) 10:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I thing the "das" is correct because it is the title odf the Sourceforge Project. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.94.245.116 (talk) 13:29, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Das U-Boot (or just "U-Boot" for short) is Open Source Firmware for Embedded Power Architecture®, ARM, MIPS, x86 and other processors." [ See http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootVersions: ] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.243.202.70 (talk) 14:54, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Example of uboot boot messages on imx31 bug device from buglabs

U-Boot 1.3.2 (Jun 16 2009 - 14:42:46)

CPU:   Freescale i.MX31 at 531 MHz
Board: Bug2
DRAM:  128 MB
Flash: 32 MB
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Registering MXC MMC
Debug: mmc_register
MMC:   MXC MMC: 0
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
smc911x: initializing
smc911x: detected LAN9215 controller
smc911x: autonegotiation timed out
smc911x: MAC 00:50:c2:69:c2:06
Calling platform specific init
Debug: mxcmci_init
Clock:66498304
Doing soft reset
Setting IOMUX...
Initializing Card... 

Setting bus width...

x=33249152, clock=12000000 1
x=22166101, clock=12000000 2
x=16624576, clock=12000000 3
x=13299660, clock=12000000 4
x=11083050, clock=12000000 5
prescaler = 0x0, divider = 0x5 

Initializing Partition... 

Device: MXC MMC
Manufacturer ID: 0
OEM: 0
Name: STran Speed: 0
Rd Block Len: 512
SD version 1.0
High Capacity: No
Capacity: 3970048
Bus Width: 0-bit

1546944 bytes read
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 80800000 ...
   Image Name:   Angstrom/2.6.27.2+svnr10746/bug
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    1546880 Bytes =  1.5 MB
   Load Address: 80008000
   Entry Point:  80008000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Is it a bootloader?

Maybe it is a firmware? No? Like BIOS, UEFI, Open Firmware. And bootloader is something that is loaded by it. Something that comes with OS. 77.52.154.88 (talk) 01:37, 17 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]