References & Terminology

Abbreviation

For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviations apply:

Abbreviation

Description

FIT

Flat Image Tree

FDT

Flattened Device Tree

UPL

Universal Payload

Terminology

Term

Definition

Examples

Platform Init

Set up the hardware and memory, so that the Payload can interact with that hardware to prepare for an OS boot. For some projects this is referred to as bootloader.

coreboot, EDK2, OpenSBI, oreboot, Slim Bootloader, U-Boot SPL

Payload

As part of system firmware, it mainly initializes boot media and boots the OS. For some projects it is referred as OS Loader.

EDK2, Grub, LILO, LinuxBoot, SeaBIOS, U-Boot

References