From: David Hawkins <dwh@ovro.caltech.edu>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] mini-pci wireless driver
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:36:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <491B849B.8000509@ovro.caltech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20472956.post@talk.nabble.com>
> Thanks for the reply, I am not really want to support the TCP/IP ,
> Wnat I do is to add the wireless network card to uboot then I can load OS
> firmware from another computer(maybe through tftp wlan)
Re-read Wolfgang's response, he gave you the recommended solution:
>> Don't waste your time. Use U-Boot to boot asmall configuration of
>> Linux with WLAN support included, and use this to do what you want to
>> do.
Boot your board with U-Boot, and have it run a stripped-down
version of Linux that understands how to run your wireless
card. Then use Linux to tftp your OS and then jump into
the tftp'd version, eg. Google kexec.
Cheers,
Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-13 1:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <20081110195659.32423832E40A@gemini.denx.de>
2008-11-12 3:11 ` [U-Boot] mini-pci wireless driver Lance Zhang
2008-11-12 15:10 ` John W. Linville
2008-11-12 21:56 ` Wolfgang Denk
2008-11-13 1:25 ` LanceZ
2008-11-13 1:36 ` David Hawkins [this message]
2008-11-13 1:45 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-11-13 1:56 ` Lance Zhang
2008-11-13 1:58 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-11-13 16:32 ` John W. Linville
2008-11-20 6:07 ` Lance Zhang
2008-11-04 6:41 Lance Zhang
2008-11-05 6:21 ` Ben Warren
2008-11-05 6:44 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
2008-11-10 5:52 ` Lance Zhang
2008-11-10 15:54 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD
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