Re: [microblaze-uclinux] Fwd: SREC File Upload Issues

[Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Matt,

http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2008-October/042743.html
From u-boot mailing list: Wolfgang Denk

"Well, somebody who designed this system must also have had some plan
how to operate the board?

Not having a console port sounds like a really stupid thing to me.

If you have ethenret on your board, you can try netconsole. But it
will be no fun to port U-Boot to such hardware.

I suggest you bring the board back to the hardware guys and ask for a
serial console port, at least for bring-up and debugging."

Regards,
Michal

> Hi Michal,
> 
> One other quick question, would this route you've described allow me to
> eliminate the serial cable entirely somehow?  The system we are using
> will no longer have a serial port in the future, and I'd like to get rid
> of it now if possible.  What other ways could I monitor the booting of
> uCLinux other than a serial port and a console?  Thanks.
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:00, Matt Staniszewski
> <matt.staniszewski@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:matt.staniszewski@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Michal,
> 
> 
>     >that's correct behavior. loads command read srec from command line
>     in u-boot,
>     >but why do you want to use it? Your board has net interface you can
>     use it. just
>     >tftp command + tftp server on your x86.
> 
>     Do you mean use Ethernet to load the srec file instead of serial? 
>     My project leader wanted me to do this, but I wasn't sure how.  If
>     you have any suggestions, I'd be grateful.  Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
>     >As I wrote in any previous email.
>     >Just load bitstream to FPGA connect through xmd and load linux
>     kernel directly
>     >without any serial communication. (dow -data ...) Just look at
>     serial line.
>     >That's all!!!
> 
>     Ok, so once at this point, should I just continue following the
>     setup at
>     http://developer.petalogix.com/wiki/BoardGuides/Xilinx/S3E500/Tutorial
>     ?  What section would I resume following from?  I'm writing my own
>     guide for my project on how to program the board, so if I could just
>     figure out where I need to modify the HOWTO, that would be awesome. 
>     The method you described, does that work on 0.30 or just on the svn
>     version?
> 
>     Thanks for all your help.  You may have just saved me from having to
>     reformat my entire computer.
> 
>     Matt
> 
> 
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