> embedded software engineering culture being a decade or more behind the rest of software development
I'm not sure, because putting the bootloader in EPROM or NOR has been done on embedded boards for years; it's just rare on mass-manufactured general-use SBCs. I don't know if that's because of BOM, convenience for commercial SBC customers, or just to make it harder to brick the board.
I'm not sure, because putting the bootloader in EPROM or NOR has been done on embedded boards for years; it's just rare on mass-manufactured general-use SBCs. I don't know if that's because of BOM, convenience for commercial SBC customers, or just to make it harder to brick the board.