[U-Boot-Users] Ping issue

Pantelis Antoniou panto at intracom.gr
Thu Jun 17 14:57:55 CEST 2004


Wolfgang Denk wrote:

>In message <40D18CDE.8080609 at intracom.gr> you wrote:
>
>>There is no ICMP reply support in current u-boot.
>>
>>I have some custom patches that can do that
>>but I haven't yet submitted, and even when I will
>>there is no guarantee that they'll make it, since
>>they require pretty big changes to the networking code.
>>
>
>I can imagine the magnitude of the required changes, and I agree that
>it's very unlikely that I would accept such a big reorganization  for
>such a little gain.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Wolfgang Denk
>
>
Well, obviously that the ping works is only a small
side-effect.

Anyway, since u-boot is GPL, I have to at least offer
my changes to the community.
If they are rejected is no big deal...

Regards

Pantelis






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