>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Landley <[email protected]> writes:
Rob> The solution embedded people use is either: Rob> 1) Use a jtag to reflash the device, so no matter how bricked it Rob> gets it can be externally driven by shouting "clear", applying Rob> paddles, and hooking it up to an IV drip. Rob> 2) Have a small bootloader in its own flash erase block (or actual Rob> ROM) that never gets overwritten and is capable of loading and Rob> booting something from network or serial or some such, so you Rob> always have a fallback recovery option. Rob> 3) Design the hardware to boot from an SD card, so you can unbrick your Rob> embedded device the same way you unbrick a PC, by inserting a boot disk. 4) Use a bootloader and a store everything else double. Use a ping/pong system so you never overwrite what you are currently using. Fall back to the previous system in the bootloader if the new system fails. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
