[U-Boot-Users] UBoot's terminal server

[Ben Warren]

On Mon, 2007-04-23 at 07:36 -0700, vvj wrote:
> >From UBoot manual:
> "...There are several ways to access the serial console port on your target
> system, such as using a terminal server, but the most common way is to
> attach it to a serial port on your host. Additionally, you will need a
> terminal emulation program on your host system, such as cu or kermit. .."
> 
> My question is:
> How can I use Uboot shell wo RS232 COMport connection - are there ways to
> get rsh (telnet or whatever) server working on UBoot? 
> Yes, I'm using RS232 currently, but what if I want to use UBoot shell
> through ethernet, how could I configure UBoot to make it setup "terminal
> server"?

It's possible to route console over the network interface via
NetConsole.  Read about it in doc/README.NetConsole.


regards,
Ben