kernel upgrade confussion

[D. R. Newman]

Michael Lauer wrote:
> Juan Cañete wrote:
>> hi,
> 
>> after upgrading the kernel version from http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org repository
> 
> OpenMoko has the kernel on its own partition, you can't upgrade it via
> ipkg update (at this point of time). You need dfu-util to upgrade you
> kernel.

But that repository also contains kernel and rootfs images, not just 
packages.

It sounds like the old uboot bug - smaller images don't replace larger 
ones, unless you do an erase first, if you have an earlier uboot.

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