RE: [ECOS] Self extracting target installer

["Doyle, Patrick" <WPD@dtccom.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Volker Kamp [mailto:vk@volkerkamp.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:10 AM
> To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: AW: [ECOS] Self extracting target installer
> 
> What about using a scriptable terminal program like ZOC? You 
> can control all
> the action within a script: typing, downloading, checking 
> replys etc. It
> would save a lot of work.
> Or use "expect" on linux.
> Regards,
> Volker
> 
I thought of that too -- either approach requires a certain amount of
development time (to get the script right, to handle error cases, etc...)
The self extracting installer is more attractive to me because
1) I can give manufacturing a single, revision controlled, file  and know
that everything they produce will be identical (if I've done my job right).
2) Id the intaller does not depend upon a ROM monitor for anything, it could
even upgrade RedBoot from the default one that is preprogrammed in flash.
(Yes, I could write the script to load/download a RAM based RedBoot,
download the new ROM based RedBoot, etc...., but if I write a general
installer, it can do all of that).

--wpd

Patrick Doyle
DSP Design Engineer
(603) 546-2179

 

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