tftp to flash from linux

[Baruch Siach]

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 05:03:07PM +0200, Vanhauwaert Wouter wrote:
> > You need a tftp client that supports writing to stdout and a nandwrite 
> > that
> > supports reading from stdin.
> > 
> > Than it's the usual
> > 
> > tftp $server $file | nandwrite /dev/mtdfoo -
> 
> I try 
> 	mx27iat# tftp -g -l /proc/self/fd/1 -r zImage_iat_3.0.11_0.02-dbg1 10.0.56.4 | nandwrite -p /dev/mtd4 -
> 
> But this doesn't work. Gives some output, from which:
> 	open input file: No such file or directory
> The same command without the pipe at the end works (output to stdout)

Try passing the data via a named pipe:

mkfifo nand_pipe
tftp -g -l nand_pipe -r zImage 10.0.56.4 &
nandwrite -p /dev/mtd4 nand_pipe

baruch

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