[U-Boot-Users] serial download of uImage

[himbA]

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <4026D475.3080809 at email.si> you wrote:
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>>I'm a newbie to u-boot and pretty much to embedded systems.
>>I have a pxa255 board running 2.4.19 kernel with appropriate patches for 
>>ARM and xscale and u-boot 1.0.1 as bootloader already installed by 
>>somebody else (I just got the stuff).
>>Now, ethernet link is not working yet, due to some issues with SMSC 
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>As Stefan Linz pointed out it may make sense to try a  newer  version
>of U-Boot (top of CVS) whichincludes fixes for the ethernet driver.
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>>LAN91c111 driver for linux, so I would like to use serial link to 
>>download new kernel image. I've built the kernel and I have uImage ready 
>>to go. I also have kermit setup according to DULG wiki. I can connect to 
>>serial port of my board just fine, issue 'loadb offset' and then hit 
>>ctrl-\c, issue 'send uImage'. this the  response i get:
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>First, did you configure kermit as described in
>http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.  ??
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yes.

>Second, try "send /bin uImage" to make sure to use _binary_ transfer mode.
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already tried that...

>>Also is it possible to use SMSC LAN91c111 from u-boot to get 
>>dhcp+tftp+nfs boot working?
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>Sure. Everything is possible :-) But I have no  idea  how  much  work
>will be needed to get this working on your board.
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>Best regards,
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>Wolfgang Denk
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i got a hint from a guy that setup running system, that serial interface 
is not configured to be used for serial download with u-boot, on that 
board :(
anyways, i'll have alook later, but since my eth interface is up and 
running i'm not in a hurry.

rgds.himba