
Dear Derek Ou,
In message 49FA0922.2000107@siconix.com you wrote:
Other than recompiling, is it possible to disable Ethernet through environment settings? At our
No.
work, we often need Ethernet only during development, manufacturing and troubleshooting. So we put the Ethernet chip on the test fixture instead of the final board. However, compiling in Ethernet slow down the booting process. So it will be great if Ethernet
Why would compiled in Network support slow down the boot process?
The network interface will only be initialized as soon as you use it. If you don't have one, then you probably will not try using it - then why would it delay your boot?
can be disabled and enabled by flipping an environment setting.
This cannot be done in the current code (and it should not be necessary).
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk