From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Colombain Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:58:13 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [RFC] Host tool to perform semiautomatic updates In-Reply-To: <47DAA556.5070904@dave-tech.it> References: <47DA8762.2090008@dave-tech.it> <47DA8A69.6000700@gmail.com> <47DAA556.5070904@dave-tech.it> Message-ID: <47DABCB5.1090002@armadeus.com> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de >> I thought about expect/cygwin but in my opinion is too hard to use for >> the average Windows operator who expects just to: >> - install the application by running an .exe or unzipping a .zip >> - launching the application >> - press a couple of buttons on GUI and see the result. >> >> I think Python could be a very good solution. Since I never worked with >> it, I ask just few questions: >> 1) for Windows platform, is possible to generate one single .exe file >> taht includes all the required stuff (such as libraries and runtime >> components)? If not, it is possible to group all of them in one single >> .zip file? >> 2) What about serial ports support? Is this really platform independent? >> 3) What about graphical interface? Is it possible to use the same >> library (and consequently have similar look&feel) on Windows and Linux? >> The serial port support is platform independent if you use the right library. We use python to communicate with the target from a windows/linux host without any problems. You can design a simple graphical interface which will look exactly the same on both operating systems. I think the uboot list is not the right place to continue with this discussion. Cheers, Nicolas Armadeus Systems www.armadeus.com