> > Why should a phone be better in this respect than a PC? [...] > There are some protections, but software is very limited in > what it can do. Also, neither the MCU nor the Flash memory > have any complementary protection mechanisms. (In the next > device, also the MCU will have some reasonably good > protection against the most common forms of accidental overwriting.) > > And no, I don't think we want to get into DRM ;-)
My 2 cents: I was thinking, that protection should make, that software run on device/connected to it PC can't make it brick. Nothing about DRM. In worst case device should start with default parameters and without additional apps. But definitely shouldn't be dead. Second chip isn't good idea. IMHO, the best is separating memory to two phisical chips and have main software in first (with protection) and additional software/"HDD" inside second (or protection should block writing to chip below specified address). Pozdrowienia/Best Regards -- Marcin Wiacek (www.gammu.org, www.mwiacek.com, I'm looking for a job) _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community