Re: Debian 7.0 on Dreamplug basic installation and booting system external sd card
On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Loïc Minier wrote:
> Sure, we can put the burden on the bootloader, but we typically dont
> have much control over it and it's often limited.
>
> I'm all for using a bootloader as capable as GRUB on ARM, but I don't
> think this is possible yet?
Indeed, bootloaders are often not replaceable for various reasons:
Vendors using non-free sourceless bootloaders.
Vendors not upstreaming their patches to u-boot/etc.
Vendors using crypto to prevent replacement of the bootloader.
I wish we could get vendors to settle on the OpenMoko way of doing
things: modifiable primary bootloader and a backup mostly-read-only
bootloader that lets you overwrite the primary bootloader over USB
using the DFU protocol (or similar).
--
bye,
pabs
http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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