If you are interested in watching the development of U-Boot Concept, consider joining the mailing list. You can do this in your web browser here, or send an email with ‘subscribe’ in the subject to concept-join@u-boot.org. If you are able to review patches or contribute your own, please do!
Also the patchwork server is up and running so future patches will be visible there. This also helps to collect reviews, etc.
You may also find it interesting to look at the merge requests.
Development goals
With U-Boot Concept, the goal is to continue the transformation of the code base so that it remains relevant in future, even if only as fodder for new developments. Keys goals remaining for 2025 are:
- Continue evolution of standard boot
- Get the EFI app fully functional on x86 and ARM
- Broaden the expo feature set a little, e.g. a text editor
- Keep up with the development of the Flat Image Tree (FIT) specification
- Create packages for QEMU and EFI (including versions more focussed on secure boot)
- Take a look at what it would take to support Rust code
- Build out the new filesystem and file uclasses (better Linux compatibility?)
Not all of these will get done, but we’ll see what happens!
