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• Security FLASH read / write access to user data area

• File System FAT based (format / read / write) on serial flash only

• Standard DPM layout for "System Channel" and "Handshake Channel" (like defined in netX DPM Manual)

• Extended read and write mailboxes for faster firmware download

• System channel hardware information handling

• Hardware independent (executed in netX internal memory)

• Boot loader update

• File System Restore from SD/MMC

• License Update

Limitations

• The boot loader does not include a FTL (Flash Translation Layer) and is limited to a FAT file system on the serial flashes only.
• Wear-leveling is not available
• For entering USB boot mode of the second stage loader, it is necessary to add an additional jumper/switch (see netX ROM Loader documentation on how to enter extension bus boot mode, to design your hardware)
• Ethernet support not included
• DMA data transfer not included
• Firmware cannot be loaded into internal RAM, as this is used by boot loader
• Only serial flashes with the feature "erase single pages" are supported (see list in appendix)
• License codes currently not readable on a netX50 based hardware
• License Updates can not be executed on a netX50/netX10/netX51 based hardware
• SDRAM and DPM cannot be used simultaneously on netX10