[U-Boot-Users] loads command is not working

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <465C2027.8080004 at smiths-aerospace.com> you wrote:
>
> The problem is not the interface, the problem is that minicom is 
> unreliable.  I actually generally use it as the path of least 
> resistance, but occasionally it messes me up. ...

There is a reason for this section in the manual:
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.4.

>                                           ...  I have used cu as well 
> and should switch, but have not yet.

"cu" in probably not what you are looking  for.  I  use  it  only  on
boards  where  I  am stuck with S-Record download (usually to program
U-Boot instead of a proprietary bootloader that suppors only S-Record
download).

> Interestingly, I've never had a problem getting kermit to reset the port 
> characteristics to a sane setting when this happens, and then minicom 
> will behave again, for a while.

kermit is my tool of choice, too.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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