[U-Boot-Users] Safe firmware updates

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <Pine.WNT.4.61.0602161324350.1692 at holyoke.labs.mot.com> you wrote:
>
> Just to make sure you're considering all options -- the problem could also
> be addressed solely with Linux.

No, it cvannot. For any *reliable* update method you need a constant,
known to be working piece of software.

> kexec() seems to be the current recommendation for kernel upgrades, though

That's something completely different.

> I think it's only in 2.6.

The method is not new. It has been used a long, long time before. See
Magnus Damm's relf.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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