[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] tftp: get the tftp block size from config file and from the environment

Alessandro Rubini rubini-list at gnudd.com
Fri Aug 7 13:59:06 CEST 2009


Increasing the block size is useful if CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG is
used. Howerver, the last fragments in a burst may overflow the
receiving ethernet, so the default is left at 1468, with thre new
CONFIG_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE for config files. Further, "tftpblocksize"
can be set in the environment.

Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini <rubini at gnudd.com>
---
 net/tftp.c |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tftp.c b/net/tftp.c
index b0f1cca..34b79c4 100644
--- a/net/tftp.c
+++ b/net/tftp.c
@@ -86,8 +86,14 @@ extern flash_info_t flash_info[];
 /* 512 is poor choice for ethernet, MTU is typically 1500.
  * Minus eth.hdrs thats 1468.  Can get 2x better throughput with
  * almost-MTU block sizes.  At least try... fall back to 512 if need be.
+ * (but those using CONFIG_IP_DEFRAG may want to set a larger block in cfg file)
  */
+#ifdef CONFIG_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
+#define TFTP_MTU_BLOCKSIZE CONFIG_TFTP_BLOCKSIZE
+#else
 #define TFTP_MTU_BLOCKSIZE 1468
+#endif
+
 static unsigned short TftpBlkSize=TFTP_BLOCK_SIZE;
 static unsigned short TftpBlkSizeOption=TFTP_MTU_BLOCKSIZE;
 
@@ -475,9 +481,12 @@ TftpTimeout (void)
 void
 TftpStart (void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
 	char *ep;             /* Environment pointer */
-#endif
+
+	/* Allow the user to choose tftpblocksize */
+	if ((ep = getenv("tftpblocksize")) != NULL)
+		TftpBlkSizeOption = simple_strtol(ep, NULL, 10);
+	debug("tftp block size is %i\n", TftpBlkSizeOption);
 
 	TftpServerIP = NetServerIP;
 	if (BootFile[0] == '\0') {
-- 
1.6.0.2


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