From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] U-Boot & FTP
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:19:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050104222003.8195FC108D@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Jan 2005 13:17:26 PST." <E89EC5FBB92CAB4C9BB301E636B0D858075C14@mailserver4.mail4.local>
In message <E89EC5FBB92CAB4C9BB301E636B0D858075C14@mailserver4.mail4.local> you wrote:
> Are there any patches/modifications that enable U-boot to boot a kernel
> via FTP. ?
No, and there will be none.
FTP requires TCP/IP, which is too much overhead just for a boot
loader. If you need FTP, then boot an OS which runs the download.
On the othe rhand, U-Boot offers TFTP and NFS for download, so I
wonder why you think that FTP would make your life easier.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux
Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-01-04 22:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-01-04 21:17 [U-Boot-Users] U-Boot & FTP D Palmer
2005-01-04 21:22 ` Jerry Van Baren
2005-01-04 22:19 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2005-01-05 0:37 ` Tolunay Orkun
2005-01-05 0:46 ` Wolfgang Denk
2005-01-05 13:54 ` Jerry Van Baren
2005-01-05 14:44 ` Marius Groeger
2005-01-05 14:58 ` Jerry Van Baren
2005-01-05 15:31 ` Wolfgang Denk
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