There are times when I have Ethernet working on an embedded GNU/Linux board, but no tool available to actually transfer files. Latest example is the Yocto build for an i.MX evaluation board from NXP that I just built. The system lives on the SD card, so adding a package would mean to reconnect the SD card to my development machine, copy the file(s) and put it back into the board. And I am just too lazy for that. The EVK has an IP address on my local network, so there must be an easy way to transfer a file with standard tools, right?

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First announced in 2022, I finally have an MCX-N evalboard fron NXP on my table. The FRDM-MCXN947 eval board has a nice form factor and so I am eager to see if I can Zephyr to run on that board. The Zephyr documentation for the eval board seems to indicate that this should be easy to do. Let's find out.

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