[U-Boot] Fw: Re: Re: [PATCH] add u-boot sja1000/can support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Mon Oct 26 23:03:43 CET 2009


Dear miaofng,

In message <4AE5A449.7040300 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> what i want to do is something like a protocol gateway. It converts the 
> data from one type to another.

Use an OS for this purpose. U-Boot is just a boot loader.

> u-boot has support so many cpu/board/...., i thinks it can do much more 
> tasks than just for testing purposes.
> It could be a non-OS based software plaform :)

Yes, it can do that. You can also use a microscope to drive a nail
into a board. But neither U-Boot nor the microscope would be the
adequate tool for the respective purposes.

> > You have that working?
> >   
> not yet.  i have finished usb and can part.

Don't waste your time. Use an OS. Use Linux, where all this is
available abre ready for use now, without additional efforts.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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