arne anka wrote: > >> Should I think of u-boot as the OpenMoko version of Grub? > > kinda. and some kind of bios, maybe.
That's correct - u-boot is responsible for initializing the hardware (like a PC BIOS) as well as for loading and booting the kernel (like Grub). >> In which >> case why can't opkg update this? It should be possible to update it from Linux. The flash partitions are exposed as /dev/mtd* devices, and the kernel package updates its corresponding flash partition when installed. In the past there was a bug that interfered with writing to flash from Linux, and it was very risky to touch the u-boot partition because a mistake could leave you with a bricked device. Neither of these is a concern for the Freerunner, so it should be possible for someone to put an 'opkg' wrapper around u-boot. This wrapper would have to flash the correct u-boot for the revision level of the hardware (e.g. GTA02v4 vs. GTA02v5). >> Does flashing the root filesystem wipe out /home? > > yepp. that's a big disadvantage imho. Workaround: move /home to the SD card and then create a /home symlink on the root filesystem. Or just update your software with "opkg" rather than re-flashing the whole rootfs. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community