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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caktje6ezmnsfqiwoez0hc-w-jy-bpov9mojnfegx2jpmw+v...@mail.gmail.com
