From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:32:46 +0100 (BST) Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([62.254.210.129]:54047 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S3465602AbVJMTca (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:32:30 +0100 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.net.dhis.org (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j9DJWP8i003908 for ; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:32:25 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j9DJWPsL003907 for linux-mips@linux-mips.org; Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:32:25 +0100 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:32:25 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Tftp problems with ARC firmware Message-ID: <20051013193225.GA3137@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9221 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips I'd like to point those who you need to use these crude workarounds: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc echo 4096 32767 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range at a new version of tftp-hpa which solves the PMTU problem by disabling it only for the tftp client and introduces a new -R begin:end option which allows to limit the port number range. The changes are about to become available in the tftp-hpa git repository at http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/tftp/tftp-hpa.git; see also http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/ARC#tftp-hpa. Please send test reports to syslinux@zytor.com and linux-mips@linux-mips.org. Ralf