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>RedBoot&#8482; is an acronym for "Red Hat Embedded Debug and Bootstrap",
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stubs. It provides a complete bootstrap environment for a range of embedded
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operating systems, such as embedded Linux&#8482; and eCos&#8482;, and includes facilities
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such as network downloading and debugging. It also provides a simple flash
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file system for boot images.</P
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>RedBoot provides a wide set of tools for downloading and executing programs
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on embedded target systems, as well as tools for manipulating the target system's
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environment. It can be used for both product development (debug support) and
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for end product deployment (flash and network booting).</P
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>Although RedBoot is derived from eCos, it may be used as a generalized
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system debug and bootstrap control software for any embedded system and any
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operating system. For example, with appropriate additions, RedBoot could replace
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the commonly used BIOS of PC (and certain other) architectures. Red Hat is
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currently installing RedBoot on all embedded platforms as a standard practice,
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and eCos ports. Users who specifically wish to use RedBoot with the eCos operating
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