Jcase, they use uboot. Waiting for source code.
drsteve, exactly, it's possible that boot process will fail without an option to restore (unless you dissassemble device and connect to it with special hardware)
Chubulor, it would be nice, but... from the time I agree to take donations, only 3 people connected me asking what exactly they do for me (and it was nice to see that theres some people with REAL interest in supporting development), and zero money were donated so far.