Dear Brendan, In message <5665634e.8050...@etrix.com.au> you wrote: > > > Note that the key problem with such a simplistic approach is that it > > will not help you in case an image looks OK, but hangs during boot - > > in that case, you need a watchdow and support for the bootcount > > feature. ... > Yes, the watchdog and bootcount feature is the advanced stuff I'm > looking for. > I would think this has been implemented numerous times, and I didn't > want to reinvent the wheel if there was some commonly used > infrastructure to support this.
Indeed both watchdog support and bootcounter are standard features that are in active use by a number of boards. > My use case is not that uncommon -- lots of embedded devices installed > in remote locations that are not easily accessible, but require remote > monitor and software updates. Indeed - a pretty common requirement. > Is there anything that is "standard" in u-boot to support this? > Or any work that is published that has attempted this? It's all in mainline... Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de Committee, n.: A group of men who individually can do nothing but as a group decide that nothing can be done. - Fred Allen _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
