document: If the RedBoot fits -LSB- open-source ROM monitor -RSB- Many embedded developers today use a ROM - or flash-resident software program that provides functionality such as loading and running application software , scripting , read/write access to processor registers , and memory dumps . A ROM monitor , as it is often called , can be a useful and far less expensive debugging tool than an in-circuit emulator . This article describes the RedBoot ROM monitor . It takes a look at the features offered by the RedBoot ROM monitor and sees how it can be configured . It also walks through the steps of rebuilding and installing a new RedBoot image on a target platform . Finally , it looks at future enhancements that are coming in new releases and how to get support and additional information when using RedBoot . Although RedBoot uses software modules from the eCos real-time operating system -LRB- RTOS -RRB- and is often used in systems running embedded Linux , it is completely independent of both operating systems . RedBoot can be used with any operating system or RTOS , or even without one
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extractive_keyphrases: redboot scripting memory dumps debugging tool ecos embedded linux
abstractive_keyphrases: open-source rom monitor embedded systems flash-resident software program processor register access bootstrapping real-time operating system