[U-Boot-Users] U-Boot & FTP

Wolfgang Denk
2005-01-04T22:19:58Z

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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