Re: [ANNOUNCE] CELF open project proposal

[Robert Schwebel <r.schwebel@pengutronix.de>]

On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 02:29:12PM +1100, Aras Vaichas wrote:
> > In barebox (aka u-boot-v2) we have USB DFU support, in a very flexible
> > way. Would that fit your needs?
>
> That would probably be better than TFTP over ethernet. A USB DFU
> upgrade would only require the microcontroller to be functioning for
> the upgrade to work and it doesn't require TCP/IP stack or ethernet
> chip drivers.

Yup. Barebox has Kconfig as it's configuration system, so you can make
components y/n/m. It follows the same module mechanism as the kernel, so
you can insmod drivers if you need them.

> I maintain a family of devices which can be built with or without
> ethernet. Currently we attach an ethernet daughterboard to the device
> to bootstrap it, and for development, but remove it for commercial
> use.

Sounds like a usecase for insmod :-)

rsc
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