Re: [linuxsh-dev] RedBoot monitor - there's your tftp

[Jesper S. <js...@re...>]

>>>>> "YAEGASHI" == YAEGASHI Takeshi <yae...@ma...> writes:

YAEGASHI> I've already considered eCos since I'd thought about TFTP
YAEGASHI> boot.  An initial port for CqREEK SH-4(done by
YAEGASHI> ry...@at...) currently works fine on my own SH-7750
YAEGASHI> board (I was glad to see your name in eCos' sources :->).

eCos is my bread'n'butter :)

YAEGASHI> But I found it had only one diagnostic serial console and I
YAEGASHI> needed to port or write device drivers by myself, which
YAEGASHI> might be a little hard for me.  By eCos I plan to support
YAEGASHI> SCI/F of SH-4(interrupt driven driver), SMC91C96 Ethernet,
YAEGASHI> and possibly framebuffer and keyboard(as a diagnostic
YAEGASHI> console).

For the serial drivers you should be able to use the existing SCI and
SCIF drivers. As for the others, you'll have to write drivers yourself.

>> But now that you are bringing up TFTP boot capabilities, I thought
>> I would let you know about RedBoot. It only supports a single
>> PCMCIA netcard at the moment, but more are bound to follow.

YAEGASHI> Please let me know of them when released.

I'm sure they'll be announced on the eCos developer's list. 

YAEGASHI> BTW, I don't know about RedBoot, where I should go to get
YAEGASHI> it?

It's in the latest CVS repository. Please refer to the (preliminary)
documentation for further info.

Jesper