[Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of Hermit

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Mike Touloumtzis <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: Hermit
System name: hermit
This package does NOT want to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

Description:
Hermit is a small yet full-featured downloader/boot loader combination for 
embedded software development, developed at Blue Mug, Inc.  It is distributed 
under the terms of the GNU GPL.

The host (workstation) side of Hermit is not target-specific; it retrieves a 
memory map, including flash blocking information and amount of memory available 
for buffering on the target side, and programs the flash accordingly. It can 
also download to RAM, and supports a simple tty-style serial terminal.  Hermit 
supports Ethernet downloads using raw (packet) sockets; this gives much faster 
downloads than serial.

Hermit\'s goal is to provide a single Free Software downloading utility which 
can be used with a wide array of embedded hardware platforms, along with a 
library of useful routines for developing Free Software boot loaders.

Hermit is stable at version 1.3.  This version supports the Cirrus Logic 
EDB7211 evaluation board, and can boot the Linux kernel on that board.  Other 
hardware devices are supported via patches available on the Web; these patches 
will hopefully soon be integrated.

You can find out more at http://web.bluemug.com/~miket/arm/arm.html
And download Hermit from http://web.bluemug.com/~miket/arm/hermit/


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Contact: Mike Touloumtzis <address@hidden>