Nano bootloader part number and version

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RebootExpert
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Nano bootloader part number and version

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We use the Nano module in one of our products, and one of our customers has requested the part number and version of the bootloader. They are required to register all "resident software parts" installed on any hardware they use, and the bootloader is included in this requirement.
As I understand it, both a Boot Monitor and an Alternate Boot Monitor are installed on the Nano module. What is the latest revision and part number for each of these monitor?

I’m able to retrieve the revision of the Alternate Boot Monitor by booting into it, but I haven’t been able to find the corresponding information for the main Boot Monitor or the part numbers for either.
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Re: Nano bootloader part number and version

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For the Nano I believe that when in the alt monitor you can type NATIVE BOOT and it will btoo to the original boot monitor and give you a revision number. I'll double check this sometime today and repost if I got it wrong...
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Re: Nano bootloader part number and version

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Correction you must type NATIVEBOOT then hit the 'A' to abort when that comes up.
Should show the boot version. (This has not changed ia a very long time.)
I believe the current version is 1.05 dated 2019.
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Re: Nano bootloader part number and version

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Thank you. is there a part number for each of them?
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Re: Nano bootloader part number and version

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The part number for the Assembly is NANO54415.

A part number?
There is a part number (several different qualified) for the physical blank hardware device.
There is no part number for the physical part with software on it as it never exists in that form
until its programmed as part of the production test on the NANO production test station.

Would the same requirement exist for the part number for the boot rom in your SEAGATE hard disk?
If not how is this different?
The NANO54415 is a component?
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Re: Nano bootloader part number and version

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Hello,

The latest Native Boot Monitor is revision 1.06, 5/2/2024
The latest Alternate Boot Monitor is revision 1.05, 7/17/2020

It is true that the firmware is kept in our version control system and does not have a part number. For that, can you create your own part number? We could select a random one here, but since we don't use part numbers for firmware it would not be maintained.

For components that are pre-programmed before being used, we do have part numbers, but that is not the case here since the boot monitor images are programmed into blank parts in the bring up procedure.
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Re: Nano bootloader part number and version

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Thank you both for the clarification. I now understand that NetBurner does not assign a separate part number to the bootloader itself. Instead, the bootloader is considered part of the overall module and is identified by the assembly part number. To keep things simple, I will inform our customer that the bootloader is addressed under the assembly part number for the NANO54415 module
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Could randomly assign part number NAN054415_BOOTMON and NAN054415_ALTMON, and NAN054415_<YOURAPPNAME>
Sort of up to you...
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