State of the U-Boot Project - Current Developments and Future Goals

Explore the evolution and current state of the U-Boot project in this 51-minute conference talk by Thomas Rini from Konsulko Group. Gain insights into the project's 16-year history, its widespread industry adoption, and recent efforts to create a unified environment. Learn about support for EFI binaries, CI testing on real hardware and QEMU, and how to leverage these features in your projects. Discover ongoing developments, ways to contribute, and the challenges of transitioning from vendor-provided trees to the latest mainline version. Delve into topics such as the project's history, community, architecture, features, Travis CI, PI tests, board farms, SD cards, Buildman, Device Trees, and Build Kconfig. Understand the project's near-term goals and ongoing initiatives to stay current with this essential presentation on the state of U-Boot.