[ECOS] ethernet download
Trenton D. Adams
tadams@theone.dnsalias.com
Fri Aug 24 08:38:00 GMT 2001
Very funny! :) I'm talking about when Redboot is set to run the program
on bootup.
-----Original Message-----
From: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com
[ mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com ] On Behalf Of Grant
Edwards
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:34 AM
To: Trenton D. Adams
Cc: 'Mark Salter'; gthomas@redhat.com;
ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: [ECOS] ethernet download
On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:24:30AM -0600, Trenton D. Adams wrote:
> > Also, in the case of systems like linux, RedBoot is out of the
> > picture completely once the app is started. The app is then
> > free to reuse any RAM that was previously used by RedBoot.
>
> Well then how are you supposed to ever update your program? If
> redboot doesn't watch on the network port, you can't update
> your program anymore.
You push the little red reset button on the corner of the
board. That returns control to RedBoot.
[There needs to be an international treaty forbidding the
trafficing in hardware without reset buttons.]
--
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com
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