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Re: Redboot network setup
- To: Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot network setup
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:35:06 +0100
- Cc: Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>,"Ecos-List (E-mail)" <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <B1F6452C89AFD411AE0800A0CC734C230150A3@EMAIL1>
Fabrice Gautier wrote:
> [patch]
Applied with some minor fixes, thanks!
> Actually, and correct me if I'm wrong, since Redboot networking is based on
> polling the ethernet interface, this is quite logical. Redboot will not by
> itself poll for ethernet packet until I launch the ping command.
No, RedBoot should always be able to reply. Even when an application is
loaded (provided the app supports interworking with RedBoot to allow net
debugging).
You aren't on a different subnet or anything? RedBoot can't do routing, not
even just through a default gateway.
Jifl
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