> -----Original Message----- > From: David O'Brien [mailto:obr...@nuxi.com] > Sent: 09 February 1999 10:54 > To: Geoff Rehmet > Cc: curr...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ > > > > It may even be necessary to use bpf initially, but there > must be a more > > elegant way - having a quick look around - it would be a > good idea to > > look at the code which already exists in libstand > > (/usr/src/lib/libstand/bootp.c). > > There is. > > Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 15:20:45 -0400 (EDT) > From: Garrett Wollman <woll...@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> > Message-Id: <199809161920.paa07...@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> > > ..snip.. > The problem is that the network code assumes, at a very > deep level, > that you can't have any IP traffic until you have an address > configured (and this is wrong, but requires work to fix). > > -GAWollman > > Unfortunately, I don't have the knowledge of the part of the > kernel that > needs changing.
Hopefully, it will be possible to find the person who will be able to do that work - I also do not have the knowledge to do this. It is probably worth fixing, to get a more elegant way for DHCP to work, and I believe that DHCP should be committed with a view to changing the use of bpf. I realise this is not an easy proposition. Geoff. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
