[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Allow tftp server to be different from bootp/dhcp server

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Apr 13 21:42:07 CEST 2011


Dear Simon Glass,

In message <BANLkTi=F6s2TcewB5DDbwen26qT+JEydTw at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >> setenv autoload n; bootp; tftp...
> >>
> >> does two initializations which costs a few seconds (to get a link, etc.).
> >
> > This should not be the case.  Which board / network hardware are you
> > talking about?
>
> +list

?

> It is a USB Ethernet dongle (asix). The initialization starts from
> scratch and obtains a link each time. Maybe I should look at that. I

OK.  USB is indeed a different issue.  We should not take this as
criterion for decisions which affect all.

> I will drop this patch from the set.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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