Re: [Celinux-dev] CELF Project Proposal- Refactoring Qi, lightweight bootloader

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Dear Andy,

In message <4B29F834.90108@xxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> 
> Another big problem with U-Boot was the inability to update the 
> bootloader from the Linux world.  Instead the bootloader was treated 
> special and had to be updated over USB with DFU (the exclusivity of it 
> enforced by an ECC policy disconnected from Linux, meaning U-Boot had to 
> write it in there).  In Qi, the bootloader can be updated by a packaged 
> update like anything else in the rootfs.

Can you explain to me why it was not possible to update U-Boot from
Linux? I cannot imagine a reason for such a restriction.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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