Linux Plumbers Conference 2025

Android Boot: Next Steps

Not scheduled

20m

Android MC Android MC

Speaker

Mr Dmitrii Merkurev (Google)

Description

Android boot flow and GBL quick recap
    - Current problems
    - GBL updates

Android meets FIT (Flattened Image Tree)
    - Existing boot headers structures vs FIT
    - Adoption proposal
    - Expected problems

Android + EFIStub
    - UKI (Unified Kernel Image) adoption
    - GBL as a EFIStub proposal