[U-Boot-Users] Field upgrade

Callebaut, Benoit
2003-12-02T16:10:05Z

Hi,
We use a fail back mecanism for Linux but no such mechanism fo u-boot.
During the upgrade, we do also a CRC check to be sure that the updgrade was
done correctly.
And with a flag written in a custom config sector of the flash, we can tell
to ppcboot if the upgraded kernel was running correctly.
But for our safety we won't never upgrade ppcboot.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Simmonds [mailto:chris at 2net.co.uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 3:39 PM
> To: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Field upgrade
>
>
> Hi,
>
> One of my requirements is that the firmware be field upgradeable. The
> problem at the moment is that if something goes wrong while
> erasing and
> programming a new u-boot there is no recovery without a jtag/bdm
> debugger. Does anyone have a solution, or is it not a problem in
> practice? I was playing with the idea of having a backup
> u-boot and some
> method of falling back to it if the primary copy is corrupt.
>
> Chris.
>
>
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