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David Brown12b9ded2017-09-11 13:04:34 -06001# MCUboot
2
3## Overview
4
5MCUBoot is a secure bootloader for 32-bit MCUs. The goal of MCUBoot is to
6define a common infrastructure for the bootloader, system flash layout on
7microcontroller systems, and to provide a secure bootloader that enables
8easy software upgrade.
9
10MCUboot is operating system and hardware independent, and relies on
11hardware porting layers from the operating system it works with. Currently
12MCUboot works with both the Apache Mynewt, and Zephyr operating systems, but
13more ports are planned in the future. RIOT is currently supported as a boot
14target with a complete port planned.
15
16## Roadmap
17
18The issues being planned and worked on are tracked on Jira. To participate
19please visit:
20
21[MCUboot JIRA](https://runtimeco.atlassian.net/projects/MCUB/summary)
22
23## Browsing
24
25Information and documentation on the bootloader is stored within the source, and on confluence:
26
27[Confluence page](https://runtimeco.atlassian.net/wiki/discover/all-updates)
28
29For more information in the source, here are some pointers:
30
31- [boot/bootutil](https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot/tree/master/boot/bootutil): The core of the bootloader itself.
32- [boot/boot\_serial](https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot/tree/master/boot/boot_serial): Support for serial upgrade within the bootloader itself.
33- [boot/zephyr](https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot/tree/master/boot/zephyr): Port of the bootloader to Zephyr
34- [boot/mynewt](https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot/tree/master/boot/mynewt): Mynewt bootloader app
35- [imgtool](https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot/tree/master/imgtool): A tool to securely sign firmware images for booting by MCUboot.
36- [sim](https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot/tree/master/sim): A bootloader simulator for testing and regression
37
38## Joining
39
40Developers welcome!
41
42* [Our developer mailing list](http://lists.runtime.co/mailman/listinfo/dev-mcuboot_lists.runtime.co)
43* [Our Slack channel](https://mcuboot.slack.com/)<br />
44 Get your invite [here!](https://join.slack.com/t/mcuboot/shared_invite/MjE2NDcwMTQ2MTYyLTE1MDA4MTIzNTAtYzgyZTU0NjFkMg)
45* [Our IRC channel](http://irc.freenode.net), channel #mcuboot ([IRC
46 link](irc://chat.freenode.net/#mcuboot)