* Patch by Richard Klingler, 03 Apr 2005:

Add call to eth_halt() in net/net.c when called functions fail
  after eth_init() has been called.

* Patch by Sam Song, 3 April 2005:
  - Update README.Netconsole
  - Update README

CHANGELOG

@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 Changes for U-Boot 1.1.3:
 ======================================================================
 
+* Patch by Richard Klingler, 03 Apr 2005:
+  Add call to eth_halt() in net/net.c when called functions fail
+  after eth_init() has been called.
+
+* Patch by Sam Song, 3 April 2005:
+  - Update README.Netconsole
+  - Update README
+
 * Prepare for SoC rework of ARM code:
   - rename CONFIG_BOOTBINFUNC into  CONFIG_INIT_CRITICAL
   - rename memsetup into lowlevel_init (function name and source files)

README

@@ -627,6 +627,7 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		CFG_CMD_SAVES	* save S record dump
 		CFG_CMD_SCSI	* SCSI Support
 		CFG_CMD_SDRAM	* print SDRAM configuration information
+				  (requires CFG_CMD_I2C)
 		CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
 		CFG_CMD_SPI	* SPI serial bus support
 		CFG_CMD_USB	* USB support

doc/README.NetConsole

@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ omitted, the value of 6666 is used. If the env var doesn't exist, the
 broadcast address and port 6666 are used. If it is set to an IP
 address of 0 (or 0.0.0.0) then no messages are sent to the network.
 
+For example, if your server IP is 192.168.1.1, you could use:
+
+	=> setenv nc 'setenv stdout nc;setenv stdin nc'
+	=> setenv ncip 192.168.1.1
+	=> saveenv
+	=> run nc
+
+
 On the host side, please use this script to access the console:
 
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 #! /bin/bash
 
+[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
 TARGET_IP=$1
 
 stty -icanon -echo intr ^T
@@ -25,6 +34,10 @@ nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666
 stty icanon echo intr ^C
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
+The script expects exactly one argument, which is interpreted as  the
+target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The script
+can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+
 It turns out that 'netcat' cannot be used to listen to broadcast
 packets. We developed our own tool 'ncb' (see tools directory) that
 listens to broadcast packets on a given port and dumps them to the
@@ -33,13 +46,25 @@ standard output. use it as follows:
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 #! /bin/bash
 
+[ $# = 1 ] || { echo "Usage: $0 target_ip" >&2 ; exit 1 ; }
+TARGET_IP=$1
+
 stty icanon echo intr ^T
 ./ncb &
-nc -u mpc5200 6666
+nc -u ${TARGET_IP} 6666
 stty icanon echo intr ^C
 kill 0
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
+Again, this script takes exactly one argument, which is interpreted
+as the target IP address (or host name, assuming DNS is working). The
+script can be interrupted by pressing ^T (CTRL-T).
+
+The 'ncb' tool can be found in the tools directory; it will not be
+built by default so you will ither have to adjust the Makefile or
+build it manually.
+
+
 For Linux, the network-based console needs special configuration.
 Minimally, the host IP address needs to be specified. This can be
 done either via the kernel command line, or by passing parameters

net/net.c

@@ -303,8 +303,10 @@ NetLoop(proto_t protocol)
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI
 	eth_set_current();
 #endif
-	if (eth_init(bd) < 0)
+	if (eth_init(bd) < 0) {
+		eth_halt();
 		return(-1);
+	}
 
 restart:
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI
@@ -383,6 +385,7 @@ restart:
 	switch (net_check_prereq (protocol)) {
 	case 1:
 		/* network not configured */
+		eth_halt();
 		return (-1);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_MULTI