[U-Boot-Users] PATCH for U-Boot 1.3.3 DHCP fails withnetgearWGR614v6

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <4877E8E2.70506 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>
> >> Robin Getz wrote:
> >>     
> >>> On Fri 11 Jul 2008 18:05, Ben Warren pondered:
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Hi Robin,
> >>>>
> >>>> Robin Getz wrote:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> On Fri 11 Jul 2008 14:21, Ben Warren pondered:
> >>>>>   
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>> Robin Getz wrote:
> >>>>>>             
> >
> > Hm... this looks as if there was some longer discussion, but I cannot
> > find any traces of this on the mailing list.
> >
> > Would be interesting to know what you discussed. At least if it should
> > result in any changes to the existing code.
> >
> Strange - there was plenty of inane conversation between gvb and myself, 
> but the list was always CC'd.  It shows up on gmane:
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot

Yes, but above quote shows at least three messages from Robin which did
not make it to the list.

Actually I cannot even find the initial posting (by Robin?) of this
thread.

> Essentially, Robin found a bug whereby the DHCP client is responding to 
> ARP requests before all the handshaking is finished, causing his new 
> Netgear router to NAK the overall request.
> 
> Hopefully you can follow the thread, otherwise I'll be happy to fill you in.

Sorry, with parts of the communication missing it's difficult to
follow.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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