Re: [Gumstix-users] Wifistix-CF Boot Problems

[Craig H. <cr...@gu...>]

On Mar 10, 2007, at 5:47 AM, Arnar Birgisson wrote:

> Hi Craig,
>
> On 3/7/07, Craig Hughes <cr...@gu...> wrote:
>> Hmm.  I'm not sure I ever tried using u-boot to access the "2nd" CF
>> slot.  I think on the prototype wifi-CF and CF-CF boards I used, I
>> was using a storage card in CF slot 1 in u-boot.  It's possible that
>> in the production version of wifi-CF, the wifi module is on the
>> primary CF "slot" and the open CF slot is slot #2, and that u-boot
>> doesn't look there...  I'll take a look this afternoon.
>
> Any word on this? I'm seeing the same thing as Andy. I'd like very
> much to be able to flash from the CF, since the kermit transfer takes
> over an hour in my situation.

I got bogged down on an ethernet issue on the verdex (270stix) last  
week -- but CF is getting closer to the top of the todo list.

> Can uboot use the wifi?

No, it can't and likely will never be able to, since the wifi driver  
code is pretty linux-specific, and large.

C