From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: himbA Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:44:59 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] serial download of uImage In-Reply-To: <20040209103643.2A951C108D@atlas.denx.de> References: <20040209103643.2A951C108D@atlas.denx.de> Message-ID: <4028E05B.3040700@email.si> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Wolfgang Denk wrote: >In message <4026D475.3080809@email.si> you wrote: > > >>I'm a newbie to u-boot and pretty much to embedded systems. >>I have a pxa255 board running 2.4.19 kernel with appropriate patches for >>ARM and xscale and u-boot 1.0.1 as bootloader already installed by >>somebody else (I just got the stuff). >>Now, ethernet link is not working yet, due to some issues with SMSC >> >> > >As Stefan Linz pointed out it may make sense to try a newer version >of U-Boot (top of CVS) whichincludes fixes for the ethernet driver. > > > >>LAN91c111 driver for linux, so I would like to use serial link to >>download new kernel image. I've built the kernel and I have uImage ready >>to go. I also have kermit setup according to DULG wiki. I can connect to >>serial port of my board just fine, issue 'loadb offset' and then hit >>ctrl-\c, issue 'send uImage'. this the response i get: >> >> > >First, did you configure kermit as described in >http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3. ?? > > > yes. >Second, try "send /bin uImage" to make sure to use _binary_ transfer mode. > > > already tried that... >>Also is it possible to use SMSC LAN91c111 from u-boot to get >>dhcp+tftp+nfs boot working? >> >> > >Sure. Everything is possible :-) But I have no idea how much work >will be needed to get this working on your board. > >Best regards, > >Wolfgang Denk > > > i got a hint from a guy that setup running system, that serial interface is not configured to be used for serial download with u-boot, on that board :( anyways, i'll have alook later, but since my eth interface is up and running i'm not in a hurry. rgds.himba