Re: [ECOS] Why is the parrot loader still present?

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>]

On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 11:09, Wong Yee Peng wrote:
> Hi,
> What do u mean when u say "safe" part of the flash?
> Does the CPU skip the parrot loader on boot up or it queries its data, which
> tells it to jump to redboot?
> 

If you look carefully at the documentation (installation instructions), 
you'll see that we recommend that this part of the FLASH always be left
write protected.  That's what Jonathan meant by "safe."

> Rgds
> Yee Peng
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonathan Larmour" <jlarmour@redhat.com>
> To: <wyeepeng@dso.org.sg>
> Cc: <ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 4:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] Why is the parrot loader still present?
> 
> 
> > wyeepeng@dso.org.sg wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >    I was just wondering why is the WinCE parrot loader still there after
> a ROM
> > > version of the redboot is flashed into the Compaq iPAQ H3600 pda? Is
> there a
> > > particular reason for that?
> >
> > It's in a "safe" part of flash.
> >
> > > Is the redboot dependent on it to function? How?
> >
> > To function, no. But it is the recommended way to program the ipaq, and as
> > you say:
> >
> > > Or
> > > is it there becos it is a convenient way to restore the Wince OS?
> >
> > ... it can be used to restore WinCE.
> >
> > > Has anyone
> > > tried removing the parrot loader totally and run simply on redboot?
> >
> > Are you that short of space you feel the need?
> >
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