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

[Simon Glass]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de> wrote:
> 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?

+list

It is a USB Ethernet dongle (asix). The initialization starts from
scratch and obtains a link each time. Maybe I should look at that. I
have send this with other platforms also, but perhaps the fault is
with the driver in each case.

I will drop this patch from the set.

Regards,
Simon