[U-Boot-Users] U-Boot DHCP request does not time out.

Michael Bendzick michaelb at logicpd.com
Mon Aug 30 22:32:03 CEST 2004


See below...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Denk [mailto:wd at denx.de]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 2:55 PM
> To: Brian S. Park
> Cc: u-boot-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [U-Boot-Users] U-Boot DHCP request does not time out. 
> 
> 
> In message <6.1.2.0.0.20040830104654.03a57ec0 at corelis.com> you wrote:
> >
> > I have question about U-Boot and its BOOTP/DHCP client capability.
> > We are using it to get the dynamic IP from DHCP server and 
> it looks like it 
> > never times out if the network cable is not connected.
> 
> Which processor / board is this? Normally U-Boot will report an error
> and time out if it cannot send ethernet packets  (at  least  this  is
> what it does on all boards I can test).

I've seen the same problem on the TI OMAP 1510 Innovator and a custom board
I've worked with that is similar in architecture.



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