From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Trenton D. Adams" To: "'Grant Edwards'" Cc: "'Mark Salter'" , , Subject: RE: [ECOS] ethernet download Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:38:00 -0000 Message-id: <001901c12cb2$ce615290$090110ac@TRENT> References: <20010824103407.B3603@visi.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00824.html Very funny! :) I'm talking about when Redboot is set to run the program on bootup. -----Original Message----- From: ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com [ mailto:ecos-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com ] On Behalf Of Grant Edwards Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 9:34 AM To: Trenton D. Adams Cc: 'Mark Salter'; gthomas@redhat.com; ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] ethernet download On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:24:30AM -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. [There needs to be an international treaty forbidding the trafficing in hardware without reset buttons.] -- Grant Edwards grante@visi.com