[U-Boot] problem about PING error from PC to u-boot

[du zhenhuan]

On 2013/5/7 20:05, Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 07/05/2013 11:18, du zhenhuan wrote:
>> I'm still struggling with my mpc8315e board , customized with a DP83848
>> PHY chip.
>> after u-boot bootup , the LED of PHY link status is blinking,
>> When  I use ping PC  FORM u-boot , it's OK.
>>
>> But when I ping u-boot FROM PC ,  it doesn't work and I just got timeout
>> error etc.
>
> What are you expecting ? U-Boot is not an OS, and there is no thread in
> background answering requests from network. Except if netconsole is
> used, network and the related drivers are not active when not used, I
> mean when for example tftp or ping are not running.
>
Thanks, good news for me :)
It confused me because of unfamiliar with u-boot structure.
I will continue to tftp test then.

> If you want to have the network stack running, you should boot Linux.
>
> Best regards,
> Stefano Babic
>
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