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Harshavardhan Chervirala
Harshavardhan Chervirala

Reputation: 1

Can we use U-Boot to boot the Linux for x86-64 system?

Is it possible to boot Linux kernel using U-Boot in x86-64 machine?

Upvotes: 0

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Answers (1)

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 442

Linux can boot directly from a variety of firmware implementations including U-Boot. As for loading an OS, U-Boot supports directly booting a 32-bit or 64-bit Linux kernel as part of a FIT image. It also supports a compressed zImage.

Check the links here and here

Upvotes: 3

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