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RE: Redboot network setup
- To: 'Jonathan Larmour' <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] Redboot network setup
- From: Fabrice Gautier <Fabrice_Gautier at sdesigns dot com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:41:37 -0700
- Cc: Gary Thomas <gthomas at redhat dot com>, "Ecos-List (E-mail)" <ecos-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Larmour [mailto:jlarmour@redhat.com]
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] Redboot network setup
>
> > Actually, and correct me if I'm wrong, since Redboot
> > networking is based on
> > polling the ethernet interface, this is quite logical.
> > Redboot will not by
> > itself poll for ethernet packet until I launch the ping command.
>
> No, RedBoot should always be able to reply. Even when an
> application is
> loaded (provided the app supports interworking with RedBoot
> to allow net debugging).
Actually, I'm just trying with redboot, no apps yet.
But are you saying "No, it use interrupts" or "No, it use polling but should
work anyway"
Cause i've seen the net_io_isr function and was wondering if it was
connected to an interrupt? (Then maybe the interrupt from the Integrator PCI
bus is not handled correctly )
> You aren't on a different subnet or anything? RedBoot can't
> do routing, not even just through a default gateway.
No, I just have a hub with the 2 machines.
--
Fabrice Gautier,
Fabrice_Gautier@sdesigns.com