[U-Boot] U-boot as a mass storage device and DFU support

Wolfgang Denk
2009-01-16T12:57:47Z

Dear "Jacky Lam",

In message <39811fe10901160153s2c9e1f63s70481667fe792594@mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> Could anyone kindly tell me if u-boot supports itself as a mass storage
> device?

No, it does not. A lot of infrastructure for that is missing, for
example writable file systems to name just one.

> Or if u-boot main stream support the a protocol so call USB
> DFU(Universal Serial Bus Device Firmware Upgrade)?

No.

> I have first seen this on openmoko.org and seems they use u-boot as
> well. However, when I look at the newest u-boot (1.3.4). It seems no
> code is about it. I don't know if I have overlooked something.

U-Boot 1.3.4 is actually pretty old. It is definitely NOT the latest
release - that's 2008.10 (with 2009.01 to be released soon).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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