Re: [ts-7000] bootloader for 7800

["John Shaffer, PhD" <>]

That's an interesting thought that didn't occur to me.  Unfortunately kexec doesn't run on an arm architecture.  However, I'm going to look at the source and see if its "easy" (IOW, less than and hour or two of work) to port it.

Thanks.

John

Triffid Hunter wrote:

Would kexec be suitable? It seems to be designed to start another kernel
in place of the current one

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, Michael wrote:

>> Why do you need the bootloader module if it's already running 2.6? As far
>> as I know, the bootloader is for doing a live update from 2.4 to 2.6.
>
> Actually it eliminates the need for another bootloader like Redboot in case
> you want to load any other kernel on the board. While this can also be
> accomplished by simply changing the kernel present on the flash or SD card,
> the bootloader approach is more flexible (for example you can select between
> multiple kernels, use any Linux functionality, etc.) and less prone to field
> update errors. For example if you are trying to update the kernel partition
> in the field and have a power failure you might require manual intervention
> (i.e. a service call), whereas with the bootloader approach you could take a
> more sophisticated approach which would not be prone to such failures.
>
> --Michael

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