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Re: Usb-ethernet adapter under redboot
- From: Gary Thomas <gary at mlbassoc dot com>
- To: Tehn-Yit Chin <Tehn-Yit dot Chin at greyinnovation dot com>
- Cc: eCos Discussion <ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 06:04:38 -0600
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Usb-ethernet adapter under redboot
- Organization: MLB Associates
- References: <9AEDBAA573BBD346BCF9637D80097D910FE493@greysvr02.GreyInnovation.com>
On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 13:20 +1000, Tehn-Yit Chin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please bear with me as I am a newbie to ecos and redboot.
>
> Does redboot have support for a usb-ethernet adapter, like the Dlink
> DUB-E100?
>
> We have a board that have usb host ports, but it does not have any
> ethernet connectivity. We are trying to get it boot over the network.
> One of the possible options is to get redboot recognise a usb-ethernet
> adapter, and do a tftp transfer over that.
>
> I searched through the mailing list archive and there were some
> discussions about this back in 2001, but no solutions were posted. There
> haven't been any more discussion since then.
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
>
Sorry, but RedBoot can't support this at this time as there is
no host USB infrastructure available in eCos.
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