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-rw-r--r--CHANGELOG8
-rw-r--r--README1
-rw-r--r--doc/README.NetConsole27
-rw-r--r--net/net.c5
4 files changed, 39 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 71eae5e7ef..c82e3365d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
Changes for U-Boot 1.1.3:
======================================================================
+* Patch by Richard Klingler, 03 Apr 2005:
+ Add call to eth_halt() in net/net.c when called functions fail
+ after eth_init() has been called.
+
+* Patch by Sam Song, 3 April 2005:
+ - Update README.Netconsole
+ - Update README
+
* Prepare for SoC rework of ARM code:
- rename CONFIG_BOOTBINFUNC into CONFIG_INIT_CRITICAL
- rename memsetup into lowlevel_init (function name and source files)
diff --git a/README b/README
index 6cc7405512..3311b80329 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ The following options need to be configured:
CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
+ (requires CFG_CMD_I2C)
CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
diff --git a/doc/README.NetConsole b/doc/README.NetConsole
index 3a572931c5..cc35a0a8ff 100644
--- a/doc/README.NetConsole
+++ b/doc/README.NetConsole
@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ omitted, the value of 6666 is used. If the env var doesn't exist, the
broadcast address and port 6666 are used. If it is set to an IP
address of 0 (or 0.0.0.0) then no messages are sent to the network.
+For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use:
+
+ => setenv nc 'setenv stdout nc;setenv stdin nc'
+ => setenv ncip 192.168.1.1
+ => saveenv
+ => run nc
+
+
On the host side, please use this script to access the console:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#! /bin/bash
+[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
TARGET_IP=$1
stty -icanon -echo intr ^T
@@ -25,6 +34,10 @@ nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666
stty icanon echo intr ^C
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as the
+target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
+can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+
It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the
@@ -33,13 +46,25 @@ standard output. use it as follows:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#! /bin/bash
+[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
+TARGET_IP=$1
+
stty icanon echo intr ^T
./ncb &
-nc -u mpc5200 6666
+nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666
stty icanon echo intr ^C
kill 0
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+Again, this script takes exactly one argument, which is interpreted
+as the target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The
+script can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+
+The 'ncb' tool can be found in the tools directory; it will not be
+built by default so you will ither have to adjust the Makefile or
+build it manually.
+
+
For Linux, the network-based console needs special configuration.
Minimally, the host IP address needs to be specified. This can be
done either via the kernel command line, or by passing parameters
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index 00aa661502..7c3744dcef 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -303,8 +303,10 @@ NetLoop(proto_t protocol)
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI
eth_set_current();
#endif
- if (eth_init(bd) < 0)
+ if (eth_init(bd) < 0) {
+ eth_halt();
return(-1);
+ }
restart:
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI
@@ -383,6 +385,7 @@ restart:
switch (net_check_prereq (protocol)) {
case 1:
/* network not configured */
+ eth_halt();
return (-1);
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI