[3711] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Linux DHCP servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Jul 16 01:42:58 1996
From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To: fizban@apple.com (Mark Fernandes)
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 20:05:34 +0100 (BST)
Cc: net-patches@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu,
lenehan@cs.latrobe.edu.au, JBRUNI@autobaun.com
In-Reply-To: <199607151800.LAA04280@scv2.apple.com> from "Mark Fernandes" at Jul 15, 96 10:59:47 am
> We would like to resolve this issue and ask your help in doing so. At a
> minimum we would ask that you send us an acknowledgement that you have
> received this report. We would also ask that, if it's possible, you send
> any information you can as to a resolution of this issue, e.g. that
> you're working on it, have a fix, aren't going to fix it, etc.
I've seen the report. The binhexed traces are in mac format, please use
some kind of internet standard encoding so I can read them.
The report looks quite plausible. The linux dhcp server works with windows
and other stacks but they don't depend on this field and assume infinite for
no entry (not 0 as the MAC does).
You should report the problem to the authors of the DHCP server not the
Linux kernel however (or to the authors of the Debian distribution),
as its not a kernel issue.
The debian folk are very good I'd expect they can turn a fix around very
rapidly if your diagnosis is accurate.
Alan
