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→U-Boot-based upgrading
* With the help of the U-Boot commands (tftpload, protect, erase and cp) we can download and store kernel images, file system images and U-Boot itself in the target system.
* The main disadvantage is that this procedure usually requires to physically access the system, attaching to the serial console through a serial cable and using a PC with a terminal emulator software.
* Implement automatic software upgrade procedures in u-boot, though possible, is not so easy, due to the limited set of commands provided by the u-boot shell. Moreover, U-Boot usually doesn't support all the available storage devices (for example, on a system with both NOR and NAND flash, it's possible that u-boot supports just the NOR, not allowing to program the NAND flash from the command line).* Due to the previous considerations, automatic upgrade procedures are hard to implement.
== Linux-based upgrading ==