booting from bluetooth interface

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Hi all,

I would like to boot using bootp/dhcp through a bluetooth interface
(e.g. connected through a USB).
Any idea how to do that?
Can anybody point me where to start from?, I failed to get any hint at
the uBoot documentation.

TIA

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Hi all,

I would like to boot using bootp/dhcp through a bluetooth interface
(e.g. connected through a USB).
Any idea how to do that?
Can anybody point me where to start from?, I failed to get any hint at
the uBoot documentation.

I don't think that you will ever see Bluetooth stack in U-Boot. Maybe
USB-Ethernet some time in the future but not BT stuff.

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Interesting. for very low cost devices you might want to reduce
storage cost by avoiding storing the entire image and filesystem on
the device's storage.
Well, I guess that I can store only the kernel image, initializing the
bluetooth interface + IP, and then downloading the entire filesystem
through the BT interface.

Is there an "HowTo" link for doing so?

Thanks

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Interesting. for very low cost devices you might want to reduce
storage cost by avoiding storing the entire image and filesystem on
the device's storage.

Beagle has enough storage to place rootfs + kernel on (or at least
kernel + initrd).

Well, I guess that I can store only the kernel image, initializing the
bluetooth interface + IP, and then downloading the entire filesystem
through the BT interface.

Yes, you can do it. You should compile BT and BT-Ethernet modules into
your kernel and boot from NFS root. There are plenty of docs on this
regard in the Net.