8. Release Migration Guides

Each document in this chapter provides information about how to move to one release of barebox from the previous one.

The goal is to help integrators and users of barebox to adapt their configuration and downstream board support. barebox API breakage that cause build errors are generally out-of-scope for these documents.

• 8.1. Release v2025.05.0
  • 8.1.1. Configuration options
  • 8.1.2. Bootloader Specification
  • 8.1.3. Board support
  • 8.1.4. Shell and magic variables
  • 8.1.5. Build system
  • 8.1.6. Bisectability
• 8.2. Release v2025.06.0
  • 8.2.1. Configuration options
  • 8.2.2. Board code
• 8.3. Release v2025.07.0
  • 8.3.1. Configuration options
  • 8.3.2. Board support
• 8.4. Release v2025.08.0
  • 8.4.1. W^X on ARM
  • 8.4.2. Bootchooser
  • 8.4.3. Board support
• 8.5. Release v2025.09.0
  • 8.5.1. Removal of CONFIG_BOOTM_FITIMAGE_PUBKEY
  • 8.5.2. Build dependencies
  • 8.5.3. Rename in /dev
• 8.6. Release v2025.10.0
  • 8.6.1. Rename in /dev
  • 8.6.2. AM62L DT Bindings