On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 12:20:31PM -0500, Jon Masters wrote:
Actually, logically these folks are doing the right thing.
Having firmware *in* the hardware works when you've got years to design
the hardware and then have guaranteed sales for years after that. But,
these days, hardware manufacturers need to make rapid changes and fix
bugs/add new features after release. Not allowing them to do that is
like saying "you can never release an update for F7, no matter what
breaks" - it's not realistic :-)
So, actually, we should be working to make using loadable firmware
easier - because it's going to become much *much* more common.
in other words, from a manufacturer's perspective, disk space is less
expensive than flash, because the customer pays for the disk, where
you pay for the flash. :-)
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