why so slowly when use serial to download S-record file?

2 messages, 2 authors, 2002-11-25 · open the first message on its own page

why so slowly when use serial to download S-record file?

From: caixupeng <hidden>
Date: 2002-11-23 04:42:11

Dear all,

my ppcboot is 1.2.1
and I set baud rate to 38400, but it need almost 4 hours to download a 2 Mega bytes file.
what's wrong ?

my board is ebony.

Who know the reason?

please tell me.

thanks!

edmoon

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Re: why so slowly when use serial to download S-record file?

From: Kenneth Johansson <hidden>
Date: 2002-11-25 08:56:05

The reason is that ppcboot/u-boot only support a very simple version of
kermit where the sender waits for an ack before sending another block.

kermit should have a mode that is as efficient as some of the
[x|y|z]-modem maybe you could add that code to u-boot.

On Sat, 2002-11-23 at 05:42, caixupeng wrote:
Dear all,

my ppcboot is 1.2.1
and I set baud rate to 38400, but it need almost 4 hours to download a 2 Mega bytes file.
what's wrong ?

my board is ebony.

Who know the reason?

please tell me.

thanks!

edmoon
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Kenneth Johansson
Ericsson AB                       Tel: +46 8 404 71 83
Borgafjordsgatan 9                Fax: +46 8 404 72 72
164 80 Stockholm                  kenneth.johansson@etx.ericsson.se


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