[U-Boot-Users] MPC852T ethernet

[tony.ford at quadrics.com]

OK, thanks for the feedback. I'll check out netconsole.

Best regards,

Tony.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd at denx.de]
> Sent: 01 August 2005 15:40
> To: Tony Ford
> Cc: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] MPC852T ethernet 
> 
> 
> 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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