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Re: ethernet download


On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:38:21AM -0600, Trenton D. Adams wrote:

> > > > Also, in the case of systems like linux, RedBoot is out of the
> > > > picture completely once the app is started. The app is then
> > > > free to reuse any RAM that was previously used by RedBoot.
> > >
> > > Well then how are you supposed to ever update your program?  If
> > > redboot doesn't watch on the network port, you can't update
> > > your program anymore.
> >
> > You push the little red reset button on the corner of the
> > board.  That returns control to RedBoot.
>
> Very funny! :) I'm talking about when Redboot is set to run the
> program on bootup.

You set up redboot to wait for 5 seconds (or however long you
want) so that you've got a chance to stop the auto-loading of the
default program from FLASH.  Then you can use the normal
RedBoot commands to load a different program, burn it to Flash,
whatever.

[We're currently shipping a product that does exactly that.]

-- 
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com


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