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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

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This project was funded through the NGI0 Core Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101092990.