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Re: RedBoot ROMRAM version as boot loader
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: Roland Caßebohm <roland dot cassebohm at visionsystems dot de>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 13 Oct 2003 04:53:12 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] RedBoot ROMRAM version as boot loader
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <200310131246.53478.roland.cassebohm@visionsystems.de>
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 04:46, Roland Caßebohm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm thinking about using a ROMRAM version of RedBoot, so that it does all the
> initialization and then runs in RAM. This RedBoot should then be able to
> overwrite it self with the fis create command. Is this possible or is the
> boot image always a special behaviour that does not allow to overwrite with
> fis create?
>
No, your thinking is 100% correct. A ROMRAM version of RedBoot can
certainly update the FLASH/ROM version without any special handling.
This is the standard mode for a large number of platforms.
Of course, care should be taken not to write a bad version... :-)
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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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