Hello,

in message F509E6111989D311B63700805FA761DA06F992B8@dbde01.itg.ti.com you wrote:

When we do a tftp download to a specific memory location, shouldn't there be a check whether the memory location we have given in the parameters is a valid memory location.

Please define "valid memory location". Keep in mind that:

- I can (assuming the corresponding config options are enabled) download directly to flash memory - there may be SRAM, NVRAN etc. on the board - there may be frame buffer memory - there may be "pRAM" configured - with TFTP, the file size will not be known in advance, so it might be difficult to validate the end address

And finally, let's remember Unix design philosophy:

"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things." - Doug Gwyn

But please feel free to submit a patch...

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk