[ECOS] RedBoot ROMRAM version as boot loader
Gary Thomas
gary@mlbassoc.com
Mon Oct 13 10:53:00 GMT 2003
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 04:46, Roland CaÃebohm 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... :-)
--
Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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