On 20/01/2012 01:53, Joe Hershberger wrote: > Link-local support allows the bootloader to get a usable network address > regardless of network environment. Given that bootloaders may not always > have access to a DHCP server, this functionality makes accessing it in > those environments easier. It is also referred to as zero-configuration IP. >
Hi Joe, I have a basic question about your patchset. RFC3927 requires that addresses are continuosly checked to avoid conflicts - this is a strict requirement. However, it is clear we cannot comply with this requirement. The protocol runs once and there is not a background process to check for conflicts. I can imagine we can get conflicts, when several targets are running at the same time in u_boot and they are attached to a network where local-link addressing is active. Then we can have two or more system using the same ip address, making the network unreliable. Which are the limitations of this implementation ? They should also described in your patchset, maybe with a README file. Is is thought to connect the target directly to a PC ? Best regards, Stefano Babic -- ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: off...@denx.de ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
