Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] Allow tftp server to be different from bootp/dhcp server

Dear Simon Glass,

In message BANLkTi=F6s2TcewB5DDbwen26qT+JEydTw@mail.gmail.com you wrote:

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setenv autoload n; bootp; tftp...

does two initializations which costs a few seconds (to get a link, etc.).

This should not be the case.  Which board / network hardware are you talking about?

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It is a USB Ethernet dongle (asix). The initialization starts from scratch and obtains a link each time. Maybe I should look at that. I

OK. USB is indeed a different issue. We should not take this as criterion for decisions which affect all.

I will drop this patch from the set.

Thanks.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk