public inbox for u-boot@lists.denx.de
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Øyvind Repvik" <repvik@kynisk.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [RFC] Host tool to perform semiautomatic updates
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:18:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47DA8946.90702@kynisk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47DA8762.2090008@dave-tech.it>

llandre wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I need a tool running on host (Linux or Windows) that is able to 
> interact with u-boot command line emulating a human operator. Also it 
> must be able to retrieve from a text file a sequential list of commands 
> it must issue.
> One of the purpose is to have a simple procedure to perform on-the-field 
> upgrades with just a laptop connected to the target via serial cable 
> (I'm aware about this 
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/UBootdoc/AutomaticUpdates but I need a 
> procedure that does not require USB nor ethernet).
> 
[snip]

> 
>  From now on the program will handle all the communication with the 
> target and the human operator will have just to wait for notification.
> 
> Anybody knows is there is something like this available? If not, any 
> suggestions about how to implement it?

I believe what you are looking for is "expect"
http://linux.die.net/man/1/expect


Regards,
?yvind Repvik

  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-14 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-14 14:10 [U-Boot-Users] [RFC] Host tool to perform semiautomatic updates llandre
2008-03-14 14:18 ` Øyvind Repvik [this message]
2008-03-14 14:23 ` Ben Warren
2008-03-14 16:18   ` llandre
2008-03-14 17:58     ` Nicolas Colombain
2008-03-14 19:31     ` Hoi-Ho Chan
2008-03-14 19:32     ` Hoi-Ho Chan
2008-03-15  9:25       ` llandre
2008-03-15 12:20     ` Markus Klotzbücher
2008-03-16 18:18       ` Robert Schwebel
2008-03-14 15:33 ` Wolfgang Denk

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=47DA8946.90702@kynisk.com \
    --to=repvik@kynisk.com \
    --cc=u-boot@lists.denx.de \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body. 
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox