Hello list,

inside the automatic U-Boot patch tracking system a new ticket [DNX#2006040142001098] was created:

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In message Pine.WNT.4.61.0602161324350.1692@holyoke.labs.mot.com you wrote:

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Just to make sure you're considering all options -- the problem could also be addressed solely with Linux.

No, it cvannot. For any *reliable* update method you need a constant, known to be working piece of software.

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kexec() seems to be the current recommendation for kernel upgrades, though

That's something completely different.

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I think it's only in 2.6.

The method is not new. It has been used a long, long time before. See Magnus Damm's relf.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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