Dear Ottavio, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I'd like to use netconsole to have the possibility of upgrading the > firmware store on a flash, which has u-boot as bootloader which loads > and runs linux. > > I plan to use tftp to transfer the new firmware images to the board, > so what I'd like to know if there is any problem using netconsole and > tftpd together or if it runs the same way as by using a serial port to > communicate to the board.
This should work independently from each other. > Moreover, is it possible to set a password to access u-boot prompt? I > would like to give the possibility of flashing the device to everybody. U-Boot has no conectp of passwords or password management etc. Please read doc/README.autoboot for autoboot configuration options which include support for a (very promitive!) password-like feature, but please also note that this is working with a real console port only, i. e. not with netconsole. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I dislike companies that have a we-are-the-high-priests-of-hardware- so-you'll-like-what-we-give-you attitude. I like commodity markets in which iron-and-silicon hawkers know that they exist to provide fast toys for software types like me to play with..." - Eric S. Raymond ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
