[U-Boot-Users] telnet or netcat implementations

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <3506EDCDEC47904CBE6FD2E1DEEA8984020CFA3A at fs5.airspan.com> you wrote:
>
> I need to provide a bootcode "terminal over ethernet" for a new product,
> after browsing the archives etc it seems that the preferred solution is
> netcat rather than sorting out tcpip & telnet ?, has anyone an

Indeed, this has been discussed before, and a full TCP/IP stack would
add too much overhead just for a boot loader. So no telnet.

> implementation they have done or almost finished they would be willing
> to share or direct me towards of either netcat or telnet server ?

I don't know of any implementation for U-Boot yet.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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