In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Hmm.. The list was copied every time
But until now none of the messages made it to the list, it seems. > It looks like my mails take longer to get to sourceforge than it takes to go > somewhere specific (like Ben), but his responses hit the list before > mine .... weird - I'll have to check my mail logs... This message came through without significant delay. > I have a DHCP server (made by netgear) that does: > > U-Boot ---> DHCPDISCOVER ---> Server > \/ > U-Boot <--- DHCPOFFER <--- Server > \/ > U-Boot ---> DHCPREQUEST ---> Server > | > U-Boot <--- ARP <--- Server > | > U-Boot ---> I'm here ---> Server > | > U-Boot <--- DHCPNAK <--- Server > \/ > U-Boot not configured > > Before U-Boot receives a DHCPACK packet, it starts using the IP number in the > DHCPOFFER to respond to the ARP. It should not respond to the ARP, since it > has not received the DHCPACK packet yet. It also uses it when it sends the > DHCPREQUEST packet. > > I looked a few other dhcp clients, and they always leave the source IP as > 0.0.0.0 for the DHCPREQUEST packet, and do not listen/send that IP until they > receive a DHCPACK. > > This is what the patch I sent to Ben does - don't set the network up during > the DHCPREQUEST phase. > > --- net/bootp.c.new 2008-07-11 12:05:18.000000000 -0400 > +++ ./net/bootp.c 2008-07-11 18:58:15.000000000 -0400 > @@ -924,8 +924,6 @@ > if (NetReadLong((ulong*)&bp->bp_vend[0]) == > htonl(BOOTP_VENDOR_MAGIC)) > DhcpOptionsProcess((u8 *)&bp->bp_vend[4], bp); > > - BootpCopyNetParams(bp); /* Store net params from reply > */ > - > NetSetTimeout(TIMEOUT * CFG_HZ, BootpTimeout); > DhcpSendRequestPkt(bp); > #ifdef CFG_BOOTFILE_PREFIX Hm... the line in question is there right from the initial version of the file, i. e. it is not a spefic fix to any known issue. So: Acked-by: Wolfgang Denk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben: feel free to add this fix for the current release. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One possible reason that things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan in the first place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
