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RE: FTP Support on Redboot
- From: "Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10)" <Vedaraman dot Sethuraman at honeywell dot com>
- To: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>, "Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10)" <Vedaraman dot Sethuraman at honeywell dot com>
- Cc: naiduk at intotoinc dot com, ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:34:08 -0700
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] FTP Support on Redboot
Thanks a lot!!! If you have this framework already it would be of great
use....
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Thomas [mailto:gary@mlbassoc.com]
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:53 PM
To: Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10)
Cc: naiduk@intotoinc.com; ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
Subject: RE: [ECOS] FTP Support on Redboot
On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 08:26, Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10) wrote:
> Hello Gary,
>
> I need to support Client FTP for downloading images.
>
> I understand that Redboot has a minimal stack ( UDP support for doing a
TFTP
> ).
>
> For FTP, I think the task is to remove the standalone stack and insert a
> full fledged TCP/IP stack ( Open BSD/ Free BSD). Am i right?
No. RedBoot's stack, while minimal, is fully capable of running FTP via
TCP/IP. It's just a matter of defining support for that protocol.
>
> Please explain me the process of achieving this.
>
> Thanks,
> Vedaraman.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Thomas [mailto:gary@mlbassoc.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 7:41 PM
> To: Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10)
> Cc: naiduk@intotoinc.com; ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [ECOS] FTP Support on Redboot
>
>
> On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 08:10, Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10) wrote:
> > I am really waiting for inputs from any of you. Pls try to suggest.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vedaraman.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vedaraman Sethuraman (IE10)
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 3:47 PM
> > > To: 'ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com'
> > > Subject: FTP Support on Redboot
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I need to support FTP on Redboot. Could anyone suggest me the steps
> > > involved in this?
>
> What sort of FTP support are you looking for? client FTP for
> downloading images? FTP server (for some other purpose)?
>
> > >
> > > Can redboot communicate with devices sitting on different subnet. If
> not,
> > > what are the changes i need to make. Pls suggest.
>
> Yes, RedBoot is capable of handling this. All you need do is define a
> gateway (using 'fconfig')
>
> --
> Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
> MLB Associates
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Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>
MLB Associates
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