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+README for bootloader
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+       Das U-Boot (or just "U-Boot" for short) is Open Source Firmware for
+       Embedded Power Architecture®, ARM, MIPS, x86 and other processors.
+
+       CRUX-ARM uses U-Boot as default bootloader for some devices, like efikamx,
+       cubieboard, cubieboard2, cubox, and maybe more in the future.
+
+       In this repository you'll find all required to convert kernel images from
+       zImage format to uImage, which used by U-Boot. To do that you need to use
+       mkimage, which can be built with the Makefile provided.
+        It's important to note that you must build mkimage with the compiler flags
+       for your host.
+       Also mkimage can convert files like initrd.gz to uInitrd in order to be
+       loaded it by U-Boot at boot stage.
+
+       To generate all the stuff required for a device you'll find a directory for
+       each one. Take a look in "./devices/<yourdevice>" for more information.