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UniversalUpdaterGoals

1.ProvideaflexiblefirmwareinstallationarchitecturethatiscompatiblewithThreadX,Linux

andWinCEsystems.Thearchitectureshouldavoidassumptions,suchasatargetFAT

filesystem,thatreduceitssuitabilityforothersystems.

2.Decouplethehostsoftwarefromintimateknowledgeofthedevicemedialayoutand

devicecommandspecifics(i.e.keepdevicecommandsopaquetohost).

3.Avoidhardcodedinstallationlogicinthehostsoftware.

4.Allowthefirmwarewritertocontroltheinstallationsequenceanddesignofinstallation

commands.Inotherwords,allowthesystemproviderstospecifyandcontrolinstallation

withoutrequiringchangestothehosttools.

5.EliminateThreadXSDKspecificfeaturesfromthearchitecture.

6.EnsurenewupdateprotocolisportabletotransportsbeyondUSB.

UseCases

1.Manufacturing.

•Supportsmultipledevicesfromonehost.

•Doesunconditionalfullinstallation.

•WritesOTPbits.

•Preloadscontent.

•InstallsDRMkeysandotherone-timeinitialization.

•Mayincludeproductiontests.

•CouldinstallfromdevicesotherthanUSB(e.g.SDcard).

2.End-userdebrickingadeaddevice.

•Conditionallywritesfirmwareonlyordoesafullinstallation.

•Maywanttosave/restoreobjectsifdoingafullinstallation.

3.Developmentsupport.

•Writefirmwareonlyorforceafullinstallation.

•Maywantreadbackcapabilities.

Architecture

Thefollowingdiagramdepictsthehigh-levelarchitecturefortheuniversalupdater.Followingisa

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