Theme fund: NGI Zero Core
Start: 2024-12
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fdtshim
Simplify use of Device Tree Binaries for Linux installers
The fdtshim project aims to implement a distribution-agnostic and hardware-agnostic method, and protocols, to load the correct hardware- specific DeviceTree on UEFI systems. With fdtshim, installation media for distributions can become truly generic, and support boot from different DT-incompatible kernels. Its usage is transparent to the user, and ensures the system will continue working after a major kernel update, whether booting from the current kernel, or the previously working kernel.
Using fdtshim makes it much easier for end users to boot live and install media on different devices with different architectures: mobile phones, tablets, embedded systems, laptops, servers and workstations
- The project's own website:https://github.com/fdtshim/
This project was funded through theNGI0 Core Fund, a fund established byNLnet with financial support from the European Commission'sNext Generation Internet programme, under the aegis ofDG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No101092990.
