From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ben Warren <biggerbadderben@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:33:35 -0500
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] TFTP: add host ip addr support
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Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> In message <20080116222754.GG31365@game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote:
>   
>>> Except that the length should be 128 to  match  the  boot  file  name
>>> length that BOOTP / DHCP can pass as per RFC.
>>>       
>> Personnaly, I'll prefer 1K length because if you use as I use a lost of
>> time a full path when downloading uImage or other so a path with a
>> length over than 512 arrive often.
>>     
>
> So is there a newer RFC that changes this? IIRC the max length is
> defined as 128 bytes.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
>   
My 2c is that we go with 128, and have a CONFIG_LONG_TFTP_FILE_NAME that 
allows 1k for people with ridiculously long paths.

regards,
Ben