In message <000d01c2fe74$83264520$1464a8c0 at sjeng3> you wrote: > > Here's my 2nd question: is it a good idea that I modify ppcboot to > include these network initialization functions just before booting my > kernel image? Maybe this is not necessary but I really could not figure > out why the "tftp" before loading kernel image made the difference > on the network.
This is a somewhat philosophical question, and opinions differ. IMHO a Linux driver usually should perform all required initializations himself instead on relying on certain things to be done by some firmware. Wolfgang Denk -- Software Engineering: Embedded and Realtime Systems, Embedded Linux Phone: (+49)-8142-4596-87 Fax: (+49)-8142-4596-88 Email: wd at denx.de "...one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs." - Robert Firth ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
