[U-Boot] TFTP on beagle board

[Dirk Behme]

Mai Daftedar wrote:
> Hi all,
>    I was wondering how can we configure the u-boot with the TFTP
> capability on the beagle board at runtime..

For this you will need ethernet support in U-Boot. There are two (?) 
options to achieve this: Add support for USB ethernet dongle in U-Boot 
or use a Beagle expansion card with ethernet.

Regarding USB ethernet dongle, there are some basic USB patches for 
Beagle U-Boot on the list. But I'm not sure how much work it is to 
enable them to support USB ethernet.

For ethernet on expansion board, there is TinCanTool's Zippy board 
[1]. To access ethernet on this board from U-Boot, an U-Boot OMAP3 SPI 
driver is missing.

Both options are not ready, yet, and need some development work. Any 
help is greatly appreciated!

Cheers

Dirk

Btw.: I added U-Boot list, it is the better place to discuss this.

[1] 
http://www.tincantools.com/product.php?productid=16147&cat=0&page=1&featured