On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Igor Stoppa
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> On 18/07/11 18:58, Kok, Auke-jan H wrote:
>
>> The focus for 1.3 will be on utilizing the btrfs features we can
>> easily enable: Device reset (factory reset) will be possible, and the
>> shell installer will be able to install into a new btrfs subvolume on
>> an existing installation - effectively saving all your data (and
>> potentially even your OLD os install as well as a bonus).
>
> Depending on the type of product targeted, rolling back to older sw version
> might be undesirable.
> It's typical for embedded devices for pirates to try to rollback to older SW
> versions to exploit known security flaws.
> Example: subsidized simlocked phone, DRM - not the rendering thingy =)

Vendors have the option of replacing and/or disabling this
functionality, so, no issue there.

Auke
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