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Re: Redboot without serial port (only eth)
On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 02:36:17PM +0000, Bart Veer wrote:
> >>>>> "Christoph" == Christoph Csebits <christoph.csebits@frequentis.com> writes:
> Christoph> Now i dont want to use the serial port (porting to our
> Christoph> custom board, i dont have a serial port)
>
> Christoph> How is the right way, disabling the serial port and do
> Christoph> the debugging, loading, only with its ethernet port.
>
> If ethernet is the only way to talk to this board then that is what
> RedBoot will have to use. However personally I would feel somewhat
> uncomfortable with this setup for development purposes: there is a lot
> more that can go wrong with ethernet communication than with a serial
> line.
You are right to prefer a serial line against ethernet as debug port.
But i dont have the choice, and it should not be a really problem,
since i have the ethernet port working.
What i want is to remove code that isnt necessary any longer.
(any CDL option?)
thanks, regards, christoph
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