JohnSwenson wrote: > The module has no flash or eeprom on it, the bootloader must reside on > external media.
So be it. I have seen cases of USB key sudden death upon power loss that I assume were due to the way flash memory performs writes. Also cases where the medium turns read-only, irreversibly. (a quickly googled 'paper' (http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/users/swanson/papers/DAC2011PowerCut.pdf) related to the subject) If running the SD in read-only mode is the best way to ensure u-boot remains available, player preferences (not to mention elaborate software add-ons that could run on the player) still need to be written somewhere. Perhaps the software people want to have a say on how the board is powered (capacitor size, battery backup) to allow for safe enough write operations? Please disregard this message if it doesn't make sense.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
