[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] DHCP request fix for Windows Server 2003

[Ben Warren]

Aras Vaichas wrote:
> Aras Vaichas wrote:
>   
>> This patch fixes a problem I had with a client who was getting DHCP
>> request retries with our network device and their DHCP server.
>>
>> It turns out that their Windows Server 2003 DHCP server couldn't handle
>> fast DHCP transactions and it just "forgets" some of them. I verified
>> this with my own Windows Server 2003 install and a network analyser
>> (Ethereal/Wireshark). It seems that a small, lean 200MHz embedded system
>> is too fast for a Windows Server 2003 system running on a 2GHz+ machine.
>> Go figure.
>>
>> Adding a small (50ms) delay fixes this problem nicely and it only adds a
>> small amount of overhead in comparison to the DHCP request timeouts and
>> retries.
>>
>> NOTE: This patch is ported from my old 1.1.3 U-Boot system. I have not
>> retested it with 1.3.2 U-Boot against Windows Server 2003. The patch is
>> very small and simple, so I don't think should be necessary.
>>
>> I can retest this functionality if you wish, but it will require me to
>> reinstall Windows Server and set everything up again.
>>
>>   
>>     
> Signed-off-by: Aras Vaichas <arasv at magtech.com.au>
>
>   
Applied to net tree. In the future, please post patch inline.

thanks,
Ben