[U-Boot-Users] U-Boot not responding back to ARP requests?

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <6.1.1.1.0.20040926172119.01e24fc0 at wheresmymailserver.com> you wrote:
> 
> Yeah - my problem as soon as the network admin figures out what is going 
> on, and tells me I can't have U-boot plugged into the network. :( There is 
> so much ARP/RARP traffic that the subnet performance is about 1/10 of what 
> it should be. So far the only person complaining was me, and now I will stop.

I cannot believe this. How many boards do  you  have  connected,  how
often  o  they  boot,  and how much ARP traffic do you really have on
your net?

Yes, there may be some  ARP  traffic,  but  it  should  nbever  be  a
noticable network load.

> I agree (almost) - it is a development issue that is only a problem during 
> bring up and testing of U-boot. There is no reason to change production 
> level code to fix a development issue.

Ummm... no. We are focussed on development.  If  U-Boot  causes  real
problems  in  a development environment we have to address this, too.
But ARP? I cannot imagine that this is a real problem.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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