epoch1970 wrote: > Dual firmware (current, fallback to previous), or even triple (current, > previous, factory) could also be a possibility if the wandboard bios (?) > knows how to manage that.
The Allwinner A10 chip (which is used on many android dongle/media player) supports boot from NAND, SD and USB which makes it hard to brick. IIRC it is the bootloader that makes this possible. So an important part of this project are the current capabilities of the bootloader. If it support multiple boots now, then there is no issue. If not then the upgrade and how to fix bricked system procedures need to defined. Ideally source code for bootloader would ensure non-tech user friendly procedures can be developed. I don't like the idea of a separate wifi card unless the sources are available or there is a user community because if there are problems with it (and typically these will be discovered when player gets used by a wide number of users) if may be hard to get it fixed if dependent on a single vendor. If a custom bootloader is developed then there is the issue of how to update the bootloader. Some similar SoC ARM based systems require the use of OTG USB port, special USB drivers and SoC vendor supplied PC based applications and this can cause problem for user who not have the "right" PC os (e.g. typically 64 bit Windows) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
