BfNet

intro

i'll put more verbose details up but for now just brief notes

networking setup

setup the NIC

ifconfig eth0 192.168.4.80
echo nameserver 192.168.4.5 > /etc/resolv.conf
route add -net 0.0.0.0 gw 192.168.4.5 eth0
ping google.com

i put all of this into a script and copied it to ./romfs/etc so that it is included in my image. make clean deletes custom additions to romfs though so have another copy

with dhcpcd installed and on a network with a dhcp server the eth0 config is as simple as:

dhcpcd &
ifconfig eth0

start boa

boa -f /etc/boa.conf &

-boa cgi does not currently work for me

apps

there are tons of network apps already in the source tree.

• wget is always vital sshd via dropbear gives network access to the blackfin system
  • default: root:uClinux
• boa-new works for the bf537 but boa doesn't build
• mp3player supports URLs so build in audio support and you have a simple network audio player
• tftp is nice since you probably are running tftp on your development host for downloading images thru uboot

-- ChristopherPepe - 04 Sep 2006