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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Rombox: solution to most safety concerns and other platforms (FM)Rombox: solution to most safety concerns and other platforms (FM)
From: <idc-dragon_at_gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:27:46 +0200 (MEST) Sometimes I'm too blind to see the solution right in front of me... The past situation: 1) I still want the people to be able to run their individial Rockbox version from flash without raising a safety issue. So I made this decompressing dual boot, to have a validated backup always at hand, by pressing F1 on startup. And I made another plugin that only flashes the second image, not touching any other part. 2) I didn't have enough confidence yet to the Rockbox code to run cold-started with every harddisk and every hardware mask out there. Let alone the other platforms FM and Player, that's completely untested since I have a Recorder. So I was very nervous about releasing this. Well now count 1 and 2 together and you get: My permanent safety copy (the first image) will just be the original firmware! (Stupid I am, not to see this?) So even if the Rockbox version should be not yet ready, we can safely iterate by re-flashing another try into the second image. So it will be feasible to do the other platforms, the only thing I have to validate is the button-detect code in the bootloader. Another benefit is that the original firmware is smaller, 111kB for the recorder. With compression to 58% the flash has a decompressed capacity of about 440kB, so leaving space for a whopping 329kB Rockbox image. So: expect Rombox for the Recorder to be released today or tomorrow, and the FM should be no big problem as well. For the Player I'd welcome somebody to make a suitable user interface for my plugins. So long, Jörg -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Jetzt ein- oder umsteigen und USB-Speicheruhr als Prämie sichern!Received on 2003-07-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |