sysupgrade.bin vs factory.bin
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:45 am
Hi all
What is the difference between sysupgrade.bin and factory.bin?
The question has been asked a few times on this forum in various forms but I don't think anybody has really answered it well.
I don't know the answer!
This is my hypotheses
The ROM/filesystem is divided up into sections
u-boot
kernel
rootfs_data
I the early days we would flash our atheros routers with
gargoyle_1.3.14-atheros-vmlinux.lzma
gargoyle_1.3.14-atheros-root.squashfs
and we would leave the "redboot/u-boot" alone
Now with the new .bin install files all the data is included in the one file.
I have assumed that the sysupgrade.bin is minus redboot/u-boot and the factory.bin includes redboot/u-boot?
Can somebody help on this topic!
What is the difference between sysupgrade.bin and factory.bin?
The question has been asked a few times on this forum in various forms but I don't think anybody has really answered it well.
I don't know the answer!
This is my hypotheses
The ROM/filesystem is divided up into sections
u-boot
kernel
rootfs_data
I the early days we would flash our atheros routers with
gargoyle_1.3.14-atheros-vmlinux.lzma
gargoyle_1.3.14-atheros-root.squashfs
and we would leave the "redboot/u-boot" alone
Now with the new .bin install files all the data is included in the one file.
I have assumed that the sysupgrade.bin is minus redboot/u-boot and the factory.bin includes redboot/u-boot?
Can somebody help on this topic!