[U-Boot-Users] MPC852T ethernet

[tony.ford at quadrics.com]

Hi,

I know u-boot is not an OS and is not intended to implement all the
functionality you might expect of one.
Sorry, I should have been more clear in what I was trying to do. 
Given that u-boot can handle ethernet comms. I was looking at how I could 
enable telnet as an alternative to a serial connection. 

We're using a ppc based embedded controller in a network management
capacity where there is already ethernet but no serial. It's not clear
at the moment whether we'll boot linux or run a standalone application
to perform management functions.

The first step would seem to be to respond to interrupts on receipt
of an ethernet packet. It was this first step I was asking for feedback
on.

Best regards,
Tony.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd at denx.de]
> Sent: 01 August 2005 13:44
> To: Tony Ford
> Cc: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] MPC852T ethernet 
> 
> 
> In message 
> <30062B7EA51A9045B9F605FAAC1B4F628EAA71 at exch01.quadrics.com> 
> you wrote:
> > 
> > I can ping and tftp from the platform but cannot ping or 
> telnet to it. 
> 
> Are you talking about U-0Boot or Linux here?
> 
> If you mean U-Boot, then you should understand  that  incoming  pings
> are  unsupported  by  U-Boot,  and telnet like all other TCP/IP based
> services are unimplemented, too.
> 
> If you talk about Linux, then you're off topic here.
> 
> > I suppose that I'm missing some configuration but can't see what.
> 
> What exactly makes you think this should work? Having a  closer  look
> you will also find out that U-Boot does not reply to ssh requests nor
> does  it work as a web server. Java support is pretty poor, too. Doom
> isn't runnin either.
> 
> > Any pointers would be appreciated.
> 
> Don't expoect too much. This is a boot loader, not an OS.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk
> 
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