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Re: DHCP Assertions
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: Jay Foster <jay at systech dot com>
- Cc: "'ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org'" <ecos-patches at ecos dot sourceware dot org>
- Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 13:49:04 +0100
- Subject: Re: DHCP Assertions
- References: <74C9525D67A5FF4791614FDB06593BB102856B@mail.systech.com>
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:14:39AM -0800, Jay Foster wrote:
> The attached patch addresses an issue seen by one of my company's customers.
> Some DHCP servers, in this case an unknown DSL modem/router combo, reply
> with DHCP options sent by the eCos client, but with different values. This
> was causing the CYG_FAIL() assertion to assert in set_variable_tag() for the
> TAG_HOST_NAME option. Apparently, the customer's DHCP server is erroneously
> including this option with a different length value than the eCos client is
> sending. It is unknown what this value is.
Thanks
Andrew