Boot Loader
The boot loader is a standard part of any BSP. A boot loader performs at least the following tasks:
Hardware initialization.
Platform initialization related to image loading onto a device.
Loading of the operating system image into the memory (RAM and/or ROM).
Start the operating system by jumping to the OS entry point.
A boot loader can implement any additional functionality required during the development, testing, or end-user device operation. The boot loader has no formal implementation requirements that need to be met.
Usually the boot loader is implemented as a component that is separate from the operating system. The boot loader has its own configuration binary image builder (.bib) file located in the Bootloader build directory along ...
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