In message 002e01c4bb74$5afd59d0$8a24758f@ee.qub.ac.uk you wrote:
My hardware is an STK8xxL.400 Universal Application Baseboard with a TQ minimodule MPC860P/8Mb Flash/16 MB SDRAM. I have connected the serial port on my PC to the "middle" serial port connector on=20 the baseboard. Is this hardware known to cause problems ?
The TQM8xxL series is one of our reference platofrms. You can be pretty sure that there are no problems.
I have also tried TFTPBOOT with the following unusual results:=> tftpboot 40040000 /tftpboot/uImage
Using SCC ETHERNET device TFTP from server 192.168.5.1; our IP address is 192.168.5.6 Filename '/tftpboot/uImage'. Load address: 0x40040000 Loading: *TX timeout TX not ready TX timeout T TX not ready
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This is not uinnormal. This is absolutely normal behaviour in case of a misconfiguration of your board, and is actually a FAQ. PLEASE READ THE FAQs _before_ posting. See especially http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/EthernetProblemsOnTQM8xxL
Does any of this point to a specific kind of problem with my hardware ?
No. I think the hardware is OK, but you didn't jet the jumpers as needed.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk