Ethernet support

[Till Straumann]

Joel Sherrill wrote:
> Madhu Raju wrote:
> 
>>> ===== Original Message From Joel Sherrill <joel at OARcorp.com> =====
>>> Madhu Raju wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I have a DY4 SVME board.Right now I am downloading an application 
>>>> onto the
>>>> board through a serial port connection.How can I download it using 
>>>> ethernet?
>>>> So that I could download it faster..
>>>>
>>>> Thanking in advance,
>>>> Madhu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> The simplest way would be to use the ROM monitor provided with the board
>>> to do it.  Does it have a TFTP client or any commands to boot from the
>>> network?
>>>
>>> I know that the Motorola, Vista SCORE603e and Radstone boards could
>>> do this.
>>>
>>> --joel
>>>   
>>
>>
>> I dont think the powerpc monitor has any commands to do this.Any other 
>> way?
>>  
>>
> Write a simple RTEMS program that you burn into the Flash on this board 
> that downloads
> into memory.  I believe that Eric Norum has had to do something similar 
> on a board he uses
> so he might have some code to start from.

I also had the same problem on my powerpc board. Althought the firmware
monitor can download via TFTP, it was awfully slow and the firmware
can't do BOOTP etc.
Therefore, I created a simple RTEMS application which can do all this.
If that's what you need - let me know and I can provide you with what
I have...

-- Till
> 
>> Thank you,
>> Madhu
>>
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