From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:09:58 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] dhcp problems with Windows Server
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:46:39 +1000."
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In message <452D825F.8040304@magellan-technology.com> you wrote:
>
> I fully understand that and no-one wants to have to include delays in their
> system but unfortunately Microsoft didn't write their DHCP server code to allow
> for a client which responds as quickly as U-Boot can.

;-)

> --- current/net/bootp.c 2005-11-18 12:18:48.000000000 +1100
> +++ u-boot-1.1.3-MAGARMv3/net/bootp.c   2006-10-11 16:35:51.000000000 +1000
> @@ -844,6 +844,10 @@
>         NetSetIP(iphdr, 0xFFFFFFFFL, PORT_BOOTPS, PORT_BOOTPC, iplen);
> 
>         debug ("Transmitting DHCPREQUEST packet: len = %d\n", pktlen);
> +       // delay a small amount because Windows Server 2003 has problems if you
> reply too quickly
> +       // 15ms was proven to be OK on my at91rm9200 system, so I'll double it
> just in case
> +        udelay(30000);
> +
>         NetSendPacket(NetTxPacket, pktlen);
>  }

Please submit a proper patch, i. e.

* Include a CHANGELOG entry
* Make sure not to violate the coding style (no C++ comments,
  indentation by TABs, line length < 70
* Make sure that your mailer does not wrap lines

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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