Hi Marek, > 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.
It is good that it now is clear that there is a use case for it - so more discussion is needed. Best regards, Lukasz Majewski -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-59 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [email protected]
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