I do not think TFTP kernel load will be possible over usb. Although there was a GSoC project last year for that. Last I heard semi recently, the developer was still having some issues. His vision was to boot a BBB over NFS from an Android device, like a tablet or phone. Pretty cool project I think, but not really my thing.
But yes, I've read some performance tests where g_ether can get up to as high as 18MB/s( Mega bytes ). I do not know if this will be possible on the BBB or not ( different usb implementation etc ), but that is why I'm going to be figuring this out for myself. On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Brian Anderson <b...@nwlink.com> wrote: > William, > > Thanks for the comments. Yes, I am in the same position as you...a year > on. I've not touched Linux in any serious way for a long time. I have > been involved in a number of commercial deployments that target > CentOS/RHEL. My role was that of a Java server developer, so I didn't get > all that close to the metal. I am just recently coming off of 3 years of > serious Android development work and hoping to transition to some embedded > stuff (Android and/or embedded Linux) professionally over the next couple > of years. So, I do appreciate your input. > > FWIW, I am thinking that things _might_ have changed a bit since you last > looked. I'm using Mint-17 self described on their release page as: > > Linux Mint 17 features Cinnamon 2.2, MDM 1.6, a Linux kernel 3.13 and > an Ubuntu 14.04 package base. > > Apparently this is not LMDE...that is a different distribution that the > Mint folks offer (and yes, that is still Debian testing, assuming jessie). > I remember reading up on Mint changing directions a bit in the not too far > distant past, concentrating on improving UI on top of a core Ubuntu > distro. So far, so good. Nice UI, performant enough. No problems with > package conflicts. > > Regarding the usbnet stuff, I read your response to be that usbnet offers > the potential for a higher bandwidth connection than available over the > Ethernet jack on the BBB. Correct? All other things being the same? That > is, NFS rootfs mount, TFTP, ... > > Cheers, > > ba > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
