Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch

From	chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject	Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch
Date	2012-08-06 09:48 -0500
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Grant Edwards wrote:

>> And while booting from an SDCard may be a new feature,
>
>Various high end SoC parts have been able to do that for years.
>
>> microcontrollers and processors have supported multiple boot modes
>> for decades.  People who actually /work/ with these sorts of devices
>> (as electronics developers and low-level programmers) have been
>> happily booting from UARTs, Ethernet, CAN, SPI, QSPI, NAND flash, NOR
>> flash, and a variety of other devices and data stores in addition to
>> JTAG.

Those interfaces are generally not available to the end-user of
consumer hardware.  The end-user has, as available interfaces, things
like USB, SD, and (in PC's) CDROM drives.

>Yup.

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ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-03 20:06 +0100
  Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-08-05 13:32 +0200
    Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-05 13:06 +0100
      Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-08-05 16:07 +0200
        Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-08-05 15:38 +0100
          Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-05 16:11 +0100
          Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2012-08-05 14:38 -0400
        Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-05 15:46 +0100
          Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-08-05 21:06 +0200
            Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2012-08-05 15:26 -0400
              Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-05 20:46 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-05 20:59 +0100
              Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-08-06 08:15 +0200
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-06 14:11 +0000
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-08-06 22:37 +0200
              Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-06 07:47 -0500
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Big Steel <Run77712@Run77712.com> - 2012-08-06 08:52 -0400
            Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-05 20:35 +0100
              Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> - 2012-08-06 08:09 +0200
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-06 20:43 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-08-06 22:44 +0200
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-06 22:14 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-08-06 22:41 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-06 22:51 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-08-06 22:58 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2012-08-06 23:31 +0100
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-08-07 00:51 +0200
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2012-08-06 19:30 -0400
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-08-07 01:36 +0200
                Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Foster <frankfoster50@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-06 20:14 -0400
        Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Scott Wood <scott@buserror.net> - 2012-08-25 13:39 -0500
    Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-06 14:07 +0000
      Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-06 09:48 -0500
      Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Hadron<hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2012-08-06 17:23 +0100
        Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-06 18:36 +0000
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