[U-Boot-Users] adding tcp

[mastupristi]

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:28:49 +0100, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> > We use u-boot 0.4.0 and we need to add tcp protocol.
> > Is it possible?
> 
> Yes, and it's trivial. It's a two-step procedure. In the  first  step
> you  will start standard U-Boot, and in the second step you will boot
> an operating system (Linux recommended).
No. We need to embed tcp in u-boot.

> In other words: don't. U-Boot is a boot loader, and  you  don't  need
> nor want a full TCP stack here.
unfortunately we need to provide some features (involving tcp) before
linux was boot.
Is it so difficult to embed tcp in u-boot?

> BTW: I strongly recommend to update - version 0.4.0 is _very_ old.
We were asked to use 0.4.0. Obviously I prefer to use a more recent
version but unfortunately we can't.

thanks

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