Talk:Das U-Boot

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)

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)

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)

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)

"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)

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 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
 * 1) Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 80800000 ...

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)