app-mobilephone/dfu-util

A program that implements the Host (PC) side of the USB DFU (Universal Serial Bus Device Firmware Upgrade) protocol.

Versions

Slot	Version	Repository	Platforms
0	scm	sardemff7	~amd64	arm?	armv7?	armv8?	x86?
0	0.9	sardemff7	~amd64	arm?	armv7?	armv8?	x86?

Homepage	http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Dfu-util
Summary	A program that implements the Host (PC) side of the USB DFU (Universal Serial Bus Device Firmware Upgrade) protocol
Description	In the Openmoko project, we use this program to communicate with our specially enhanced bootloader, which implements the DFU device side. Using dfu-util and your smartphone, you can: - transfer and flash partitions in internal NAND Flash. - transfer anything into RAM this can be used for fast development cycles of low-level code such as kernels without flashing them - read out the current internal NAND partitions this is an easy and efficient way of doing full backups of your phone
Dependencies	( build+run: virtual/usb:1 )
Downloads	http://dfu-util.gnumonks.org/releases/dfu-util-0.9.tar.gz
Licences	GPL-2