From: Torchris <chr...@ro...> - 2007-12-23 04:00:55
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Hello all, Is is possible to get u-boot to recognize a USB memory stick attached to a Verdex + consoleLCD-vx so I can load a new system image & kernel? When fully booted up, the system has no problem recognizing the memory stick but I don't see anything obvious in u-boot similar to the "mmcinit" or "pinit" commands you can use with a USB drive. Just trying to save some time fooling around with Kermit. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Loading-image-from-USB-memory-stick-tp14475664p14475664.html Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-12-24 18:50:34
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As far as i know, the answer is no. I think the idea behind supporting CF and MMC is that their hardware interfaces are fairly straight-forward, as is the software to control them. USB, on the other hand, is all things to all people, so you have to know about USB hardware, and the Mass Storage Profile. Then someone will ask for USB networking or serial support and before you know it, U-Boot has exploded in size. However... I did notice that the FirmWorks OpenBoot code is now under an open license. One would have the same problems with OpenBoot, but there would be significant improvements in code density. Also... I heard from Mitch Bradley (of FirmWorks fame) that he implemented a USB stack for OpenBoot (I'm assuming it was for Sun Workstations). But you never know... it could be possible to get OpenBoot working on a Gumstix. -cheers -Matt H. On Dec 22, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Torchris wrote: > > Hello all, > > Is is possible to get u-boot to recognize a USB memory stick > attached to a > Verdex + consoleLCD-vx so I can load a new system image & kernel? > When fully > booted up, the system has no problem recognizing the memory stick > but I > don't see anything obvious in u-boot similar to the "mmcinit" or > "pinit" > commands you can use with a USB drive. > > Just trying to save some time fooling around with Kermit. > > Thanks! > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Loading-image- > from-USB-memory-stick-tp14475664p14475664.html > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |