OMAP-L138: utility for transfering files via Serial port?

Wes,

Have you checked out the serial flash loader utility?  This tool is used to flash the various memories on the EVM via the UART/serial port connection.  You can find it on the TI wiki:

• http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Serial_Boot_and_Flash_Loading_Utility_for_OMAP-L138

Hope this helps.

Joe,

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I have tried the serial flash loader and have sucessfully used it to flash SPI (for a SPI boot) and NOR (for a NOR boot). I'm looking for something that I could use to upload a proprietary library, for instance, to the file system. Is this possible?

Thanks,
Wes

Wes,

There should be any number of lightweight serial comm applications that you can run on ARM/Linux.  Would something like that work for you?

You're going pretty fair back. Popular serial port transfer protocols were xmodem, ymodem and zmodem. On the Windows side, I believe Hyperterminal supports most of the them. On the Linux side, I vaguely remember using kermit to talk to the serial port and invoke one of the modem transfer protocols. Google pops up "rz" and "sz" which look to be used on both sender and receiver.

Joe,

Yes, I believe that would work for me. I was thinking of something like lrzsz for ARM/Linux. Is that available or do I need to get the source and recompile it for the OMAP-L138?

Thanks,
Wes