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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pardon me if this is out of scope in this
groups..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The discussion is about usage of S-Record files for
Downloads instead of Binary file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Generally S-Record Downloads are used when the
medium of communication is Serial Port , which has no Error Checking mechanism
inbuilt in hardware.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Whereas when we consider the Network download
throgh Ethernet, most bootloaders (u-boot as well) does a binary download. Is
this because the Ethernet hardware has a Error Checking mechanism inbuilt
?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If yes, even using a USB hardware for download also
can use Binary instead of S-Records??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please comment on my arguments?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rupesh</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>