Leveraging VxWorks you effectively have 3 different ways this software gets updated.
Hot Patch -> Do it live! where you modify the RAM with compiled code so that the changes persist until next reboot.
Cold Patch -> Same as a hot patch, except this time you actually copy the contents into non-volatile memory. VxWorks has a really slim profile and thus this helps keep the size manageable to continue doing science experiments.
Full Updated -> Basically a clean install gets burned in.
Leveraging VxWorks you effectively have 3 different ways this software gets updated.
Hot Patch -> Do it live! where you modify the RAM with compiled code so that the changes persist until next reboot.
Cold Patch -> Same as a hot patch, except this time you actually copy the contents into non-volatile memory. VxWorks has a really slim profile and thus this helps keep the size manageable to continue doing science experiments.
Full Updated -> Basically a clean install gets burned in.