In message 000e01c4e807$fc2ed800$4501a8c0@bgcw301 you wrote:
The next alternative is Ethernet. I had downloaded uboot ver 1.1.1 but I am not able to find Readme.Netconsole in the doc directory. Does uboot 1.1.1 provide support for Netconsole? Are there any patches available
As you already found out it does not contain this feature.
for uboot to run Netconsole?
No, ther eare no patches. There is a current version (top of CVS) which includes this so no patches are needed.
Also we have a requirement to put log messages on Ethernet (on uboot also). These messages must be put very early, even before the IP comes
What exactly do you mean "before the IP comes up"?
up. Is our requirement possible by using the current uboot as is or do we have to modify the uboot code for the changes?
You have to explain what you want to do in such a way that we can understand it.
A trivial issue,
- I went thro uboot.sourceforge.net, there was uboot ver1.0 only
The page reads: "Crunched and crypted init procedure to protect linux server." This is something else - a completely different project unrelated to "Das U-Boot".
- I went to the sourceforge site thro denx.de site and got uboot, the
version shown is uboot1.1.1.(activity percentile 98.3%)
Why is this difference? What is the latest version of uboot released and where can I get it?
These are two completely different projects. If you actually READ a bit on the web pages you jump to you might learn the difference.
The last officially released version of U-Boot can be found on the web page at SF: it's U-Boot-1.1.1; the current development verion (1.1.2) is available on the CVS server at SF.
And all of this is information is available by reading a bit on the SF web page and in the mailing list archives.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk