On Thursday 26 June 2008, Brian C wrote: > BrendaWang wrote: > > Here is the getting start guide from wiki. > > > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner > > In the Flashing the Freerunner section it says, "You can use the USB > cable and Openmoko provided tool to flash Neo FreeRunner." > > I'm curious about the use of the word "can". Is it possible to flash > the Freerunner from the device itself, without using the USB cable > connected to another GNU/Linux host? > > I suspect it's not, and that this section could clarify this by saying, > > "To flash the Freerunner you must connect it via a USB cable to a host > that can run the Openmoko-provided flashing tool." > > (And then I think it might also be true that the flashing tool is > currently only available for GNU/Linux. Is that right?)
The bootloader implements an open standard for Device Firmware Upgrade. The supplied dfu-util implements the host end of the standard on linux, but in principle any compliant host end could be used. There is a version available for the Mac too. http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_DFU http://www.dsitri.de/wiki.php?page=OpenMoko%20Flasher You can also flash the freerunner using the debug board. If you want to flash the uBoot in NOR this is the only way to do it. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
