[U-Boot] DHCP doesn't update environment if file download fails.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Oct 23 15:36:05 CEST 2009


Dear "David Collier",

In message <memo.20091023104659.2092K at postmaster+dexdyne.com.cix.co.uk> you wrote:
> 
> If you run DHCP and it gets an ip address, but fails to download the file,
> it doesn put the ip address in the environment - arguably it should
> update the environment before going for the file?
> 
> maybe again an argument for a separate dodhcp command

Not needed. If you just want to get the IP configuration then adjust
the "autoload" environment variable to fit your purposes.

David, you should _really_ RTFM.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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