u-boot/doc/README.dfutftp

1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
7 Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) - extension to use TFTP
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25 upgrading firmware (e.g. kernel, u-boot, rootfs, etc.)
29 possible to overcome the major problem of USB based DFU -
38 To utilize this feature, one needs to first enable support
42 The "dfu" command has been extended to support transfer via TFTP - one
47 As of this writing (SHA1:8d77576371381ade83de475bb639949b44941e8c v2015.10-rc2)
49 contemporary u-boot tree.
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57 This is the preferable way of using this command in the early boot stage
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65    *  select desired eth device - 'ethact' variable ["ethact=cpsw"]
75 "ethact=usb_ether". In this way one can have very fast DFU transfer via USB.
81    *  set "updatefile" - the file name to be downloaded via TFTP (stored on
85     "preboot" env variable. Otherwise use this command from u-boot prompt.
88    * "dfu_alt_info" - information about available DFU entities
89    * "dfu_bufsiz"   - variable to set buffer size [in bytes] - when it is not
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97 To create FIT image for download one should follow the update tftp README file
98 (./doc/README.update) with one notable difference:
104 			description = "U-Boot binary";
109 		u-boot.bin@1 {
110 			description = "U-Boot binary";
112 where "u-boot.bin" is the DFU entity name to be stored.
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119 * Extend dfu-util command to support TFTP based transfers