[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] 1/5: cmd_boot

Robert Schwebel
2003-03-31T15:17:12Z

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 09:00:23AM -0500, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> Well, then switch back to ascii-xfr :-P ;-)
>
> Seriously, if you are running kermit to do the transfer using minicom, why
> bother with minicom? Document for your users how to use kermit and make
> them type the commands -- menus aren't everything and minicom's menus are
> anything to write home about anyway.

Users may use Linux or Windows for their console machine, so the
transfer protocol has to be machine independend and should be available
out of the box on most of the machines out there. Which limits it to
xmodem, zmodem and kermit.

Folks, Linux is about having the choice. I like the user interface of
minicom better than that one of a command line tool like ckermit. U-Boot
shouldn't force people on one policy.

Robert
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