[DNX#2006040142001098] [U-Boot-Users] Safe firmware updates

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inside the automatic U-Boot patch tracking system a new ticket
[DNX#2006040142001098] was created:

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> In message <Pine.WNT.4.61.0602161324350.1692@holyoke.labs.mot.com> you
> wrote:
> >
> > Just to make sure you're considering all options -- the problem could also
> > be addressed solely with Linux.
> 
> No, it cvannot. For any *reliable* update method you need a constant,
> known to be working piece of software.
> 
> > kexec() seems to be the current recommendation for kernel upgrades, though
> 
> That's something completely different.
> 
> > I think it's only in 2.6.
> 
> The method is not new. It has been used a long, long time before. See
> Magnus Damm's relf.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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