[ELDK] How to Boot a New Kernal from TFTP Server

[Ashutosh Sharma]

Hello


Correction

Moreover tftp to flash reduces write cycles 
=>
Moreover tftp to RAM reduces write cycles

Regards,
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--- On Mon, 6/15/09, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu0204 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Ashutosh Sharma <ashu0204 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [ELDK] How to Boot a New Kernal from TFTP Server
> To: "Wolfgang Denk" <wd at denx.de>
> Cc: eldk at lists.denx.de
> Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 11:33 AM
> 
> Hello
> 
> Yes these can be in nor flash. User wants to do this using
> tftp that's why i tried to put this into the ram. Moreover
> tftp to flash reduces write cycles to flash and increases
> its life. At the time of development, I prefer to transfer
> kernel to ram.
> 
> regards,
> 
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> | Ashutosh Sharma    |    ( .. ) 
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> 
> --- On Sat, 6/13/09, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> 
> > From: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
> > Subject: Re: [ELDK] How to Boot a New Kernal from TFTP
> Server
> > To: "Ashutosh Sharma" <ashu0204 at yahoo.com>
> > Cc: eldk at lists.denx.de,
> "camel joe" <camel4joe at gmail.com>
> > Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 11:33 PM
> > Dear Ashutosh Sharma,
> > 
> > In message <7688.73532.qm at web53806.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
> > you wrote:
> > > 
> > > Are you planing to boot using NFS or RAM disk.
> > >
> > > In case of RAM disk you need to tftp ramdisk.img
> and
> > kilauea.dtb files to ram.
> > 
> > and the kernel image, of course.
> > 
> > But this is not strictly correct. Any of these 3 files
> can
> > also be
> > stroed in NOR flash and the flash address used
> directly as
> > argument in
> > the bootm command.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Wolfgang Denk
> > 
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> power
> > right at home.
> > Something that dims the streetlights and shrinks the
> > picture  on  the
> > neighbours' TVs when you boot it up.
> > 
> 
> 
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