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kwboot

The kwboot program boots boards based on Marvell's Kirkwood platform via Xmodem over their integrated UART. Most of the Linux distributions are providing kwboot with the package called uboot-tools (or u-boot-tools).

An example how to restore U-Boot image with kwboot: How to unbrick the device after some problem with the U-Boot image

  • Last modified: 2023/01/28 15:25
  • by vinibali

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