[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 0/3] net: helper functions

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 11 May 2012 17:22:23 Michael Walle wrote:
> Am Freitag 11 Mai 2012, 23:14:25 schrieb Wolfgang Denk:
> > Michael Walle wrote:
> > > What about the rand function? I guess that should be two
> > > compile time options
> > > 
> > > - CONFIG_RAND
> > > - CONFIG_RANDOM_HWADDR
> > > 
> > > Any better names?
> > 
> > Please make this a single option, CONFIG_RANDOM_MACADDR.  It appears
> > nobody else ever needed a random number before, and we can still
> > factor this out if another user pops up after another 12 years.
> 
> from net/net.c:
> unsigned int random_port(void)
> {
>         return 1024 + (get_timer(0) % 0x4000);
> }
> 
> CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY, in net/bootp.c

note that if you do change this code, the 0x4000 clamp is important.  read the 
git history of this file/func fore more details.
-mike
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