Just in case you missed
http://www.beagleboard.org/irclogs/index.php?date=2008-06-30#T18:30:52
a short status update on U-Boot v2 git and USB download:
Using PC USB download tool
http://elinux.org/BeagleBoard#USB_boot
and recent U-Boot v2 git
results in (this is the http://rafb.net pastebin from IRC):
At PC:
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> ll uboot.bin
-rwxr-xr-x 1 dirk users 36136 2008-06-30 20:20 uboot.bin
> ./omap3_usbload uboot.bin
TI OMAP3 USB boot ROM tool, version 0.1
...............................................
found device!
download ok
>
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While "..." plug in beagle USB cable. Then at target:
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U-Boot 2.0.0-rc5-git (Jun 30 2008 - 20:16:02)
Board: Texas Instrument's SDP343x
Malloc Space: 0x87bfff10 -> 0x87ffff10 (size 4 MB)
running /env/bin/init...
not found
X-load 343x> help
? - alias for help
devinfo - display info about devices and drivers
false - do nothing, unsuccessfully
go - start application at address 'addr'
help - print online help
loadb - Load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
true - do nothing, successfully
version - print monitor version
X-load 343x> devinfo
devices:
----uart3
----ram0
----filesystem: /
----filesystem: /dev
drivers:
serial_ns16550
ramfs
devfs
ram
X-load 343x> version
U-Boot 2.0.0-rc5-git (Jun 30 2008 - 20:16:02)
X-load 343x>
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Dirk