Summary
Understanding the boot procedure is a key step toward the development of an embedded system. We have seen how to boot straight into the bare-metal application, and we have examined the structures involved in a multi-stage system boot, such as separate linker scripts with different entry points, the relocation of IVs via CPU registers, and shared code sections across stages.
In the next chapter, we will explore mechanisms and approaches for memory management that represent the most important factor to take into account while developing safe and reliable embedded systems.
