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Re: [RFC PATCH] Sector 2 of non-embedded core.img: write early or patch


From: Bean
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Sector 2 of non-embedded core.img: write early or patch later?
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:58:17 +0800

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 5:24 AM, Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> wrote:
> I tend to prefer the later ("write early") approach, but I'd like to see
> some feedback before I commit it.

Hi,

The problem of write early is that it changes the target image before
verification is made, so if verification fails, the change remains.
This is generally not a good practice, we should not touch core.img if
it can't be embedded successfully.

-- 
Bean




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