On Thursday 26 June 2008, Brian C wrote:

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> BrendaWang wrote:

> > Here is the getting start guide from wiki.

> >

> > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner

>

> In the Flashing the Freerunner section it says, "You can use the USB

> cable and Openmoko provided tool to flash Neo FreeRunner."

>

> I'm curious about the use of the word "can".  Is it possible to flash

> the Freerunner from the device itself, without using the USB cable

> connected to another GNU/Linux host?

>

> I suspect it's not, and that this section could clarify this by saying,

>

> "To flash the Freerunner you must connect it via a USB cable to a host

> that can run the Openmoko-provided flashing tool."

>

> (And then I think it might also be true that the flashing tool is

> currently only available for GNU/Linux.  Is that right?)

The bootloader implements an open standard for Device Firmware Upgrade. The

supplied dfu-util implements the host end of the standard on linux, but in

principle any compliant host end could be used. There is a version available

for the Mac too.

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_DFU

http://www.dsitri.de/wiki.php?page=OpenMoko%20Flasher
You can also flash the freerunner using the debug board. If you want to flash

the uBoot in NOR this is the only way to do it.
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