[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: Increase the size of the net_boot_file_name buffer

[Stefan Bruens]

On Thursday 01 October 2015 16:27:11 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Jacob,
> 
> In message <1443622325-30792-1-git-send-email-j-stiffler at ti.com> you wrote:
> > The net_boot_file_name buffer is used as storage for the bootfilename
> > command line argument to network boot commands such as tftp and nfs.
> > 
> > Increase the size of this buffer to 1024 bytes as the current size of
> > 128 bytes is restrictive for arbitrary paths on the server.
> 
> According to RFC 2131, the boot file name has a fixed size of 128
> octets.

You can also put the file name into Option 67, which results in a length limit 
of 255 octets (DHCP option length limit).

I sent patches with several DHCP enhancements, including Option 67 support, to 
the ML a few weeks ago.

Kind regards,

Stefan

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