Flashing Neo FreeRunner

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Jette Derriche wrote:
> I have a few questions about flashing the phone:
>
> 1) Is there a way to tell the version/date of the current image used on
> the phone? My phone is new, so I have no idea.
>
> 2) The page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Dfu-util includes a warning
> that the Dfu-util is broken. The warning does not include a date.. Does
> it still apply?
>
> 3) What is the 'partion name' in this command:
> ./dfu-util -a (partion name) -R -D (download image file name)
>
i can answer question 3 :
see this:  http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Partition
partition name ------ DFU number----others
u-boot                            1      0      256 kB      Bootloader 
binary
u-boot_env                     2     1     16 kB     Checksummed 
bootloader config
kernel                             3     2     2 MB     Kernel uImage binary
splash                             4     3     640 kB     Bootloader 
splash screen
rootfs                             5     4     rest of the 64 MB (256MB 
on GTA02)     JFFS2-formatted file system
so "./dfu-util -a kernel -R -D ./image.name"=="./dfu-util -a 3 -R -D 
./image.name"
> The wiki says "altsetting of the DFU interface by name or by number" but
> I don't understand what 'altsetting' is?
>
> I realize that these are stupid newbie questions... If this is not the
> right forum to ask these questions, please direct me to the right place.
>
>
> /Jette
>
>
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