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RE: Does MBX redboot support ethernet DHCP?
- To: Nohee Ko <nhko at gctsemi dot com>
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] Does MBX redboot support ethernet DHCP?
- From: Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 07:21:03 -0600 (MDT)
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
On 17-May-2001 Nohee Ko wrote:
> hi.
> I ported simple mbx redboot to my mpc860 platform.
> my mpc860 platform is different from MBX board but very similiar to
> that.
> But ethernet is not supported now.
> Does MBX redboot support ethernet DHCP?
> If then , do I need to configure FLASH Rom?
>
> I mean "can I use ethernet on my mpc860 platform without FLASH Rom
> support?"
>
>
Yes, you can build RedBoot without Flash support (I'm not sure why you'd
want to). However, RedBoot will need BOOTP - not DHCP - for this mode.