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From: mastupristi <mastupristi@gmail.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] adding tcp
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:42:57 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <389686f2041103084237c03568@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041103162854.0362CC1430@atlas.denx.de>

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:28:49 +0100, Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> wrote:
> > We use u-boot 0.4.0 and we need to add tcp protocol.
> > Is it possible?
> 
> Yes, and it's trivial. It's a two-step procedure. In the  first  step
> you  will start standard U-Boot, and in the second step you will boot
> an operating system (Linux recommended).
No. We need to embed tcp in u-boot.

> In other words: don't. U-Boot is a boot loader, and  you  don't  need
> nor want a full TCP stack here.
unfortunately we need to provide some features (involving tcp) before
linux was boot.
Is it so difficult to embed tcp in u-boot?

> BTW: I strongly recommend to update - version 0.4.0 is _very_ old.
We were asked to use 0.4.0. Obviously I prefer to use a more recent
version but unfortunately we can't.

thanks

-- 
Mastupristi?

  reply	other threads:[~2004-11-03 16:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-03 15:59 [U-Boot-Users] adding tcp mastupristi
2004-11-03 16:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-11-03 16:42   ` mastupristi [this message]
2004-11-03 18:09     ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-11-09 17:42 ` Andrew Wozniak

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