On 8/28/20 4:32 AM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > On 7/21/20 8:02 PM, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: >> Using UPDATE_TFTP the firmware can be updated from TFTP by writing to NOR >> flash. The same is possible by defining a dfu command in CONFIG_PREBOOT. >> >> The dfu command cannot only write to NOR but also to other devices. In >> README.dfutfp UPDATE_TFTP has been marked as deprecated. It is not used >> by any board. >> >> Remove TFTP update via CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP. >> >> Adjust the documentation. >> >> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> >> --- >> v2: >> rework the documentation > > On 8/28/20 12:17 AM, Marek Vasut wrote (in reply to a pull request): >> Also note that the UPDATE_TFTP is being actively used, why is it removed >> here and this late in rc3 ? I think these patches should really be >> postponed until after the release. > > Hello Marek,
Hi, > do you see a problem in principal with the removal of UPDATE_TFTP which > is redundant to what you can do with DFU or is it only the timing issue? I don't see how it is redundant. The usecase I see is a fitImage which contains the update fragments is applied with a single command this way. I don't see a suitable replacement.
