On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 19:28 -0800, ext James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tuesday 18 December 2007 12:22:45 pm digger vermont wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Because I have a powerpc with linux I need to use 0xFFFF to flash > > images. > > > > 0xFFFF doesn't yet have the ability to flash the entire image but > > it can unpack the image and then install the individual pieces. > > The pieces are: 2nd, initfs, kernel, rootfs, secondary, and > > xloader. > > > > I can successfully flash all the pieces except "2nd" The N800 > > seems to operate fine without it. However, hat does that piece do > > and what am I missing? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > digger > > Though it is binary a bit of poking at it leads me to believe it is > some kind of control file for fiasco images (the .bin file you have > to open up) that tells the flash installers how to handle all the > parts and in what order. No, 2nd, secondary and xloader are parts of the bootloader. Flashing them can brick the device, should something go wrong, since they provide the tablet-side interface to the pc-side flasher program. In general one shouldn't care too much about the bootloader, since it does basic board-specific initialisation, such as pad muxing. -- Cheers, Igor Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa at nokia.com> (Nokia Multimedia - CP - OSSO / Helsinki, Finland)
