[U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Allow tftp server to be different from bootp/dhcp server

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Simon Glass,

In message <BANLkTinsrGR1T_YAmQ-21d73OKEo__nGaA at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> > Why don't you simply re-assing another value to "serverip" before
> > doing any TFTP transfers?
> 
> The point here is to initialize the ethernet only once.

Technically it makes no difference if you change the "serverip"
address in a script or in C code.

> setenv autoload n; bootp; tftp...
> 
> does two initializations which costs a few seconds (to get a link, etc.).

This should not be the case.  Which board / network hardware are you
talking about?

> > Sorry, but I see no use for this patch.
> 
> Please take another look.

I did. My opiniton did not change.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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