AM6442: Linux u-boot tftp ethernet slowness and timeouts

Hi Gunter,

I will check into this, it might take a day or two to respond with an answer. Usually the network boot should not have been impacted. Could you please attach the console log of the boot process? Which EVM are you using? Is the boot server on the same subnet?

Best Regards,

Schuyler

Hi Schuyler,

again, I don't see this ethernet slowness/timeout behavior with the SDK7.3 u-boot.

The tftp server is on the same subnet. (Home LAN).

The EVM is the AM6442 EVM (PROC101E2).

The type of u-boot tftp commands I am running are in this thread

https://e2e.ti.com/support/processors-group/processors/f/processors-forum/1030257/am6442-linux-sdk-qspi-flash-layout-and-u-boot-ug-updates/3808874#3808874

Hope this helps.

Regards,

--Gunter

The SDK8.0 u-boot ethernet slowness/timeout manifests itself when I run tftp commands for example. It gets a few packets then stops for a while, then continues for more packets then stops again, sometimes I get a #####T####, like timeout. So it feels the ethernet is unstable, probably has a lot of retries, sometimes times out and retries more.

None of this happened in SDK7.3 u-boot.

Hi Gunter,

Thanks for info, I am working to set this to verify.

Best Regards,

Schuyler