Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.embedded
Subject	Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch
Date	2012-08-06 18:36 +0000
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On 2012-08-06, Hadron <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 2012-08-05, David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> wrote:
>>> On 03/08/12 21:06, 7 wrote:
>>>> ARM boot technology going up a notch
>>>> ------------------------------------
>> [...]
>>>> Notice the list includes a dedicated SDCard 2.0 interface
>>>> that allows the ARM chip to directly read an SDCard.
>>>> Some of these ARM chips have gone one step further
>>>> and also have extra pins to tell them to BOOT FROM SDCARD!!!!
>>>>
>>>> That changes everything!!!
>> [...]
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Yup.
>>
>>> Built-in boot rom support for SDCard is nothing revolutionary or 
>>> dramatic.  It's a nice feature to have, but that's it.
>>
>> "7" is a classic net.kook...
>
> He's also a fraud.

In many jurisdictions (particularly in the US) that requires that he
_knows_ he didn't invent nanobots (or whatever).

> He invented nanobots you know.

So I've heard. :)

> He's looking for investors.

He'll probably find some. Enough people "invest" in perpetual motion,
cold fusion, 419 schemes, etc. that it's hard to imagine there isn't
somebody willing to hand him some money.

-- 
Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! Is something VIOLENT
                                  at               going to happen to a
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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
  Re: ARM boot technology going up a notch "Stonethrower" <digi_64-public[removeme]@yahoo.com> - 2012-08-06 15:15 +0200

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