usb: net: update README.usb to list all USB ethernet options
- extend the discussion of USB network related config options such that
all available adapter drivers are listed, and that the 'usb' command
for the interactive prompt and scripting becomes available
- suggest to *not* put individual IP configuration parameters into the
exectuable, but instead to put them into external environment or fetch
them from network
Signed-off-by: Gerhard Sittig <gsi@denx.de>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Acked-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
diff --git a/doc/README.usb b/doc/README.usb
index 65fb288..bc768a3 100644
--- a/doc/README.usb
+++ b/doc/README.usb
@@ -127,8 +127,14 @@
support USB with CONFIG_CMD_USB enabled and working. You will need to
add some config settings to your board header file:
+#define CONFIG_CMD_USB /* the 'usb' interactive command */
#define CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER /* Enable USB Ethernet adapters */
-#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX /* Asix, or whatever driver(s) you want */
+
+and one or more of the following for individual adapter hardware:
+
+#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_ASIX
+#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_MCS7830
+#define CONFIG_USB_ETHER_SMSC95XX
As with built-in networking, you will also want to enable some network
commands, for example:
@@ -148,7 +154,10 @@
You can also set the default IP address of your board and the server
as well as the default file to load when a 'bootp' command is issued.
-All of these can be obtained from the bootp server if not set.
+However note that encoding these individual network settings into a
+common exectuable is discouraged, as it leads to potential conflicts,
+and all the parameters can either get stored in the board's external
+environment, or get obtained from the bootp server if not set.
#define CONFIG_IPADDR 10.0.0.2 (replace with your value)
#define CONFIG_SERVERIP 10.0.0.1 (replace with your value)