rp2040-boot2 VS tiny-bootstrap

Compare rp2040-boot2 vs tiny-bootstrap and see what are their differences.

rp2040-boot2

Second stage bootloader for the RP2040, suitable for use with a Rust application. (by rp-rs)

tiny-bootstrap

A tiny bootloader for x86 IBM-PC compatible machines (by jophish)
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rp2040-boot2 tiny-bootstrap
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2.3 0.0
12 months ago about 1 year ago
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rp2040-boot2

Posts with mentions or reviews of rp2040-boot2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.

tiny-bootstrap

Posts with mentions or reviews of tiny-bootstrap. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-20.
  • Ask HN: Where can I find a primer on how computers boot?
    12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Mar 2023
    I wrote an article on writing a tiny pseudo-bootloader a while back[0] that got a bit of traction on HN at the time; you may enjoy it as an accesible and fun stepping stoke into the space. There’s an accompanying GH repo[1] with all the resources you need to run it yourself :)

    [0]: https://www.joe-bergeron.com/posts/Writing%20a%20Tiny%20x86%...

    [1]: https://github.com/Jophish/tiny-bootstrap

What are some alternatives?

When comparing rp2040-boot2 and tiny-bootstrap you can also consider the following projects:

linux-insides - A little bit about a linux kernel

tianocore

All-Stages-of-Linux-Booting-

Bochs - Bochs - Cross Platform x86 Emulator Project

QEMU - Official QEMU mirror. Please see https://www.qemu.org/contribute/ for how to submit changes to QEMU. Pull Requests are ignored. Please only use release tarballs from the QEMU website.

docs - Hardware and software docs / wiki

All-Stages-of-Linux-Booting-Process-Architecture - Booting Process Explained

what-happens-when - An attempt to answer the age old interview question "What happens when you type google.com into your browser and press enter?"