waydroid VS u-boot

Compare waydroid vs u-boot and see what are their differences.

waydroid

Waydroid uses a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu. (by waydroid)

u-boot

"Das U-Boot" Source Tree (by u-boot)
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waydroid

Posts with mentions or reviews of waydroid. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-05.

u-boot

Posts with mentions or reviews of u-boot. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
  • Just about every Windows/Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2023
    coreboot just initializes the hardware, the logo is something that the payload displays: https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads

    The most typically used payload is u-boot: https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/

    u-boot supports specifying splash screens via "splashfile", but it seems only bmp and maybe some raw image format are supported: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/2f0282922b2c458eea7f85...

    In other words, no support for png, which this exploit uses :). That doesn't mean that coreboot/u-boot aren't written in C though which is a language known for its vulnerabilities.

  • Welcome Debian riscv64
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Jul 2023
    Probably a better example than WiFi would be the on-chip SDRAM controller. It's always somebody's IP and there's a blob in the boot firmware that's just binary register settings. Like so:

    https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/master/arch/riscv/dts/...

  • GPL Code in Atgames Products
    2 projects | /r/LegendsUltimate | 25 Oct 2022
    Hello, It's my understanding that the following OSS software is used in the AtGames Legends family of products. Specifically: "Das U-Boot" https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot GPL-2.0+ Linux Kernel https://github.com/torvalds/linux GPL-2.0 The AtGames website at https://www.atgames.us/pages/credits does not contain the source code used in these products. Specifically, the GPL requires that if any modifications are made to GPL code, you must make the source code available to the users of the program as described in the GPL, and they must be allowed to redistribute and modify it as described in the GPL. Any modification to u-boot or the Linux Kernel adding the ability to boot a device must be made available to users of the program. Please see the following links regarding acceptable use of GPL software: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLRequireSourcePostedPublic https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#WhyDoesTheGPLPermitUsersToPublishTheirModifiedVersions https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLCommercially https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#GPLInProprietarySystem https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.en.html#DistributingSourceIsInconvenient Please let this request serve as written notice of a request for source code for the OSS software used in the following products: HA2810, HA2811, HA2812 AtGames Legends Core Puck HA2819 AtGames Legends Core Max HA8800, HA8801, HA8802 AtGames Legends Ultimate HA8810, HA8812 AtGames Legends Ultimate Mini HA8819, HA8819C AtGames Legends Pinball (Model unknown) AtGames Legends Pinball Micro At this point in time, AtGames is in violation of the GPL and should work to return to compliance by publishing the requested source code and making it available to users of the products.
  • How does ARM support for Linux work? Why do they use custom kernels, OS instead of mainline and the typical distros?
    3 projects | /r/linux | 10 Sep 2022
    Upstream u-boot also supports quite a lot of boards: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/tree/master/arch/arm/dts
  • Guide: Hush Shell-Scripting Language
    23 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Apr 2022
  • PinePhone Pro was announced last week. AMA.
    8 projects | /r/linux | 18 Oct 2021
    The RK3399 LPDDR4 training code is open-source (albeit rather impenetrable to read) - implementations exist in coreboot, u-boot, and levinboot, so closed source firmware isn't required. I'm afraid I don't know answers to the other questions.
  • Help in creating a dts file
    2 projects | /r/embedded | 12 Aug 2021
    See https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/blob/master/board/ti/am57xx/board.c
  • InkBox OS 1.5 (custom open-source OS for eReaders) is out!
    7 projects | /r/linux | 4 Jul 2021
    And yes it does: https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/tree/v2013.07
    7 projects | /r/linux | 4 Jul 2021
    https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot is the current git, but I'm unsure if the history goes back to 2013.
  • aarch64 won't let you use the gpio pins
    2 projects | /r/archlinuxarm | 7 Mar 2021
    I installed ALARM using the AArch64 installation according to the installation instruction on the ALARM website since that was pretty much what Manjaro used. However, if I put the Fan Shim on the pi 4, ALARM stays in U-Boot and doesn't proceed to the startup sequence. (Honestly, it would be nice to figure out how to establish GRUB so I can have a startup screen that gives me a couple of options when all hell breaks loose (knock on wood)).

What are some alternatives?

When comparing waydroid and u-boot you can also consider the following projects:

anbox - Anbox is a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system

anbox - sfdroid way of rendering within anbox. JUST A PROOF OF CONCEPT, CURRENTLY BEING REWORKED

redroid-doc - redroid (Remote-Android) is a multi-arch, GPU enabled, Android in Cloud solution. Track issues / docs here

waydroid_script - Python Script to add OpenGapps, Magisk, libhoudini translation library and libndk translation library to waydroid !

qemu-android-x86-runner - Quick Start on How to Run Android x86 in QEMU

cage - A Wayland kiosk

coreboot - Mirror of https://review.coreboot.org/coreboot.git. We don't handle Pull Requests.

barebox - The barebox bootloader - Mirror of ssh://[email protected]/barebox

winapps - Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.

edk2-sdm845 - (Maybe) Generic edk2 port for sdm845

scrcpy - Display and control your Android device

lutris - Lutris desktop client