[U-Boot-Users] MPC852T ethernet

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <30062B7EA51A9045B9F605FAAC1B4F62511CBC at exch01.quadrics.com> you wrote:
> 
> Given that u-boot can handle ethernet comms. I was looking at how I could 
> enable telnet as an alternative to a serial connection. 

You cannot. Ther eis netconsole, though. Please read the documentation.

> 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.

No such thing is needed for netconsole.

Also, processing an interrupt is  not  enough.  Some  U-Boot  drivers
already  use  interrupts.  That's  not  the  problem.  But  U-Boot is
inherently single-threaded. This is a much harder restriction.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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