Hi Jef, >>> 10) The system I work on is a bareboard embedded system using U-boot >>> to start up. That is why we are trying to use S-record files for >>> uploading new programs, and not the more efficient FTP used in Linux. >> So you do have a network interface on your board? Heck, why don;t you >> use TFTP then??? > > I didn't say that. I was trying to say that our bareboard system > doesn't support Ethernet and does not have TCP/IP stack (like Linux). > If our system was a Linux system, we wouldn't be having this > conversation.
We use tftp in U-Boot exactly because we also do not have a TCP/IP stack :) tftp needs only udp is thus "not too complex" to implement on bare ethernet. Maybe you can implement a server on your hardware? Just a thought... Cheers Detlev -- To summarize: It is a well known and lamented fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. -- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-40 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: d...@denx.de _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot