RE: [ECOS] RedBoot

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>]

On 01-Jan-2001 Anthony Massa wrote:
> I am able to get it to start downloading the file now.
> 
> I'm getting a checksum failure at 8c840 though.

Is this _with_ the timer patch I provided?

> 
> And I also run out of mbufs, do you know what the cause for this is?

Surely this is with eCos, not RedBoot (since RedBoot does not use MBUFs).
Can you duplicate it?  provide a failing case or scenario?

> 
> 
>>  
>> On 29-Dec-2000 Anthony Massa wrote:
>> > The error I get is:
>> > 
>> > Can't load 'mbx.img': operation timed out.
>> 
>> Are you sure that you are running a TFTP server (and not FTP)?
>> 
>> > 
>> > 
>> >>
>> >> On 28-Dec-2000 Anthony Massa wrote:
>> >> > The patch seems to work.  I can run my bootp server on my NT
>> >> workstation and
>> >> > with the MBX board in non-debug mode, an IP address gets assigned.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am not able to download a file, though.  I have my file in 
>> my d:\temp
>> >> > directory.  I startup the TFTP server program I have and try 
>> to run the
>> >> > following command under redboot:
>> >> >
>> >> > load -v -m TFTP d:\temp\mbx.img
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > However, I always get an error that redboot cannot load the
>> >> image.  What am
>> >> > I doing wrong?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> What error do you get?  Some TFTP servers insist that the 
>> downloaded file
>> >> exist in a special directory and that the name provided [by you]
>> >> be relative
>> >> to that directory.  This is for security purposes since TFTP has
>> >> no authentication.
>> >>
>> >> > What port does redboot use for tftp (21)?
>> >>
>> >> The default port - UDP port #69.
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks a bunch for all the help.
>> >> >
>>