[U-Boot] Establishing connection via Ethernet

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Thu Jan 29 11:47:15 CET 2009


Dear Piyush Shah,

In message <ad27f3010901290022l2957affex8256b7f34b1190e6 at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> Is it feasible to send u-boot commands via Ethernet instead of UART?

yes it it.

> I know that there is no such support right now. But can it be added?

You are wrong. The support is right there, and has been there for a
long, long time.

> Moreover how am I supposed to transmit UDP or TCP packets from u-boot?

UDP only. There is no TCP capable stack in U-Boot.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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