TFTPTimeout < DULG

%SECTION0{name=TFTPTimeout}% Why do I get TFTP timeouts?

   Question 1:: When trying to download a file from the TFTP server I always get timeouts
     like these:
     <verbatim>
...
Loading: #######T ##################################T###################T ####T ##T #
       ###T #T #########T ########T #############T ##T #############T ########T #############T
       #####T ###T ######T #######T #######T #############T ##T ##############T ###########
       ###########
done
     </verbatim>
     If the target is connected directly to the host PC (i. e. without a switch inbetween)
     the problem goes away or is at least less incisive.
     %BR% %BR%
     What's wrong?
                                                                                
   Answer 1:: Most probably you have a full duplex/half duplex problem.
     Verify that U-Boot is setting the ethernet interface on your board
     to the proper duplex mode (full/half).
     I'm guessing your board is half duplex but your switch is
     full (typical of a switch ;-).
     %BR% %BR%
     The switch sends traffic to your board while your board is
     transmitting... that is a collision (late collision at that) to your
     board but is OK to the switch.  This doesn't happen nearly as much with
     a direct link to your PC since then
     you have a dedicated link without much asynchronous traffic.
     %BR% %BR%
     The software (U-Boot/Linux) needs to
     poll the PHY chip for duplex mode and then (re)configure the MAC chip
     (separate or built into the CPU) to match.
     If the poll isn't happening 
     or has a bug, you have problems like described above.

   Question 2:: When I use tftp, there are some problems. My
     terminal always displays "Loading: T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
     T T T T T T". The whole information as follows:
     <verbatim>
U-Boot 1.1.4_XT (Jun  6 2006 - 17:36:18)
U-Boot code: 0C300000 -> 0C31AD70  BSS: -> 0C31EF98
RAM Configuration:
Bank #0: 0c000000  8 MB
Bank #1: 0c800000  8 MB
Flash:  2 MB
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
XT=>  help tftp
tftpboot [loadAddress] [bootfilename]
XT=>  tftpboot 0x0c700000 image.bin
TFTP from server 192.168.0.23; our IP address is 192.168.0.70
Filename 'image.bin'.
Load address: 0xc700000
Loading: T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
Retry count exceeded; starting again
TFTP from server 192.168.0.23; our IP address is 192.168.0.70
     </verbatim>
     Would someone give me some suggestions?

   Answer 2:: (1) Verify your TFTP server is working.  On a
   machine (not the TFTP server nor your development board) use
   tftp to read the target file.
   <verbatim>
$ tftp 192.168.0.23 get image.bin
   </verbatim>
   If this doesn't work, fix your TFTP server configuration and
   make sure it is running.
        %BR%
   (2) If your TFTP server is working, run ethereal (or
   equivalent ethernet sniffing) to see what ethernet packets are
   being sent by your development board. It usually works best to
   run ethereal on your TFTP server (if you run it on a different
   machine and you use an ethernet switch, the third machine
   likely won't see the tftp packets).
14.2.14. Where Can I Get a Valid MAC Address from?		1. Abstract		14.2.16. Why is my Ethernet operation not reliable?
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