[U-Boot] initialisations do by tftp

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear g.carpentier at neomore.com,

In message <20100503143119.F1DC28000768 at mwinf2a27.orange.fr> you wrote:
> 
> I have a question about initialisations that the tftp command do in u-boot.
> I try to make a Linux for a Cogent SBC637 and I am able to boot my kernel
> (save in flash at address 0x10040000) with a NFS if I use the tftp or
> tftpboot command to load any file in RAM before the "bootm 0x10040000"
> command but if I didn't do that I have a kernel panic because eth0 is not
> initialise. Could you tell me what tftp command do exactly? Or how can I
> resolve this problem.

Did you have a look at the FAQ? If so, I don't understand why you
didn't run into this one:
http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWorkInLinux

And follow the ongoing discussions here on this list, for example
the thread "add write_hwaddr support".



Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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