[U-Boot] Adding a new file transfer protocol to Uboot

[U-Boot] Adding a new file transfer protocol to Uboot

[maggi9999]

hi all,

i'm very new to uboot.i would like to add new file transfer protocol like
tftp. Server sends the file as chunks and uboot has to receive and
reconstruct it.for that in uboot can i add the new protocol in /net folder
or is there any folder in uboot which can hold it?Is adding new protocol
will come to gpl?
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[U-Boot] Adding a new file transfer protocol to Uboot

[Ben Warren]

Hello Maggi9999,

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:27 AM, maggi9999 <maggi9999@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> hi all,
>
> i'm very new to uboot.i would like to add new file transfer protocol like
> tftp. Server sends the file as chunks and uboot has to receive and
> reconstruct it.for that in uboot can i add the new protocol in /net folder
> or is there any folder in uboot which can hold it?Is adding new protocol
> will come to gpl?
>

Anything you wish to submit will be considered.  If your protocol has
advantages over the existing TFTP and NFS implementations, please explain
what's better.  Of course, the protocol needs to be completely open and
documented on both client and server sides.  You must provide a CONFIG
option so that users opt in to using the protocol, and doesn't add to image
size if they don't.  You are correct that /net is the correct place.

regards,
Ben

[U-Boot] Adding a new file transfer protocol to Uboot

[maggi9999]

Ben Warren-2 wrote:
> 
> Hello Maggi9999,
> 
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 6:27 AM, maggi9999 <maggi9999@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> hi all,
>>
>> i'm very new to uboot.i would like to add new file transfer protocol like
>> tftp. Server sends the file as chunks and uboot has to receive and
>> reconstruct it.for that in uboot can i add the new protocol in /net
>> folder
>> or is there any folder in uboot which can hold it?Is adding new protocol
>> will come to gpl?
>>
> 
> Anything you wish to submit will be considered.  If your protocol has
> advantages over the existing TFTP and NFS implementations, please explain
> what's better.  Of course, the protocol needs to be completely open and
> documented on both client and server sides.  You must provide a CONFIG
> option so that users opt in to using the protocol, and doesn't add to
> image
> size if they don't.  You are correct that /net is the correct place.
> 
> regards,
> Ben
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> 



thank you very much for your reply.

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[U-Boot] Adding a new file transfer protocol to Uboot

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear maggi9999,

In message <28376949.post@talk.nabble.com> you wrote:
> 
> i'm very new to uboot.i would like to add new file transfer protocol like
> tftp. Server sends the file as chunks and uboot has to receive and
> reconstruct it.for that in uboot can i add the new protocol in /net folder
> or is there any folder in uboot which can hold it?Is adding new protocol
> will come to gpl?

All contributions are welcome, if they perform a useful purpose and
don't hurt users that are not interested in such a feature.

Which exact protocl to you want to implement, and what is it's
advantage over the existing ones (TFTP and NFS) ?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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