<s>
RedBoot	B-Application
(	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Red	O
Hat	O
Embedded	O
Debug	O
and	O
Bootstrap	O
firmware	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
application	I-Application
that	O
uses	O
the	O
eCos	B-Operating_System
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
Hardware	B-Operating_System
Abstraction	I-Operating_System
Layer	I-Operating_System
to	O
provide	O
bootstrap	O
firmware	B-Application
for	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
RedBoot	B-Application
allows	O
download	O
and	O
execution	O
of	O
embedded	O
applications	O
via	O
serial	B-Protocol
or	O
Ethernet	O
,	O
including	O
embedded	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
eCos	B-Operating_System
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
debug	O
support	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
GDB	B-Language
to	O
allow	O
development	O
and	O
debugging	O
of	O
embedded	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
provides	O
an	O
interactive	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
allow	O
management	O
of	O
the	O
Flash	B-Device
images	O
,	O
image	O
download	O
,	O
RedBoot	B-Application
configuration	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
accessible	O
via	O
serial	B-Protocol
or	O
Ethernet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
unattended	O
or	O
automated	O
startup	O
,	O
boot	O
scripts	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
Flash	B-Device
allowing	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
loading	O
of	O
images	O
from	O
Flash	B-Device
,	O
hard	O
disk	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
TFTP	B-Device
server	O
.	O
</s>
