} Will it work with the 2.0 kernels?
As long as socket(AF_PACKET,SOCK_PACKET,..) call
is supported .. Check your /usr/include/linux/socket.h file...
Sergei
} Now that its there I think I'll be
} going back to 2.1 but I want to know if I need to keep my old DHCPCD
} around..
} TIA
}
} Zephaniah E, Hull
}
} On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Sergei Viznyuk wrote:
}
} >
} >
} > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
} > Date: 04 Feb 1998 17:12:57 -0500
} > From: Steve Dunham <dunham@cps.msu.edu>
} > To: Sergei Viznyuk <sviznyuk@columbus.rr.com>
} > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
} > Subject: Re: DHCPD v1.3 needs testing
} >
} > >"Sergei Viznyuk" <sviznyuk@columbus.rr.com> writes:
} > >
} > >> The new dhcpcd-1.3
} > >> source is available for testing
} > >> at
} > >> ftp://204.210.228.4/pub
} > >>
} > >> Most important changes
} > >> from previous version (0.70):
} > >>
} > >> 1. Rewrote everything. Made it work with new
} > >> kernels.
} > >> 2. dhcpcd now operates in "raw" mode using
} > >> socket(AF_PACKET,SOCK_PACKET,..)
} > >> 3. dhcpcd now will fork into background
} > >> only after it configures the interface and gets
} > >> into "bound" state.
} > >> If dhcpcd is unable to configure the interface
} > >> it will timeout (60 secs by default).
} > >> Hence 'dhcpcd -c filename' syntax is gone.
} > >> Instead, the following works in bootup scripts:
} > >
} > > It doesn't work. It uses "giaddr", which is the "Relay agent IP
} > > address", for the default gateway address (this number is 0, unless
} > > the dhcp server is on a different subnet). The gateway address is
} > > should to be gotten through the "routersOnSubnet" option. (This is
} > > easy to fix.)
} >
} > OK, I fixed that. (Just one line in client.c file...)
} >
} > > Also, it segfaults if the server doesn't provide T1 and T2 times in
} > > options. Servers are not required to set these options. In fact the
} > > rfc does not say that they "SHOULD" - so this is left entirely to the
} > > sysadmin/author of the server. (We use one of the common unix servers,
} > > and it's not including these options. They have default values
} > > specified in the RFC of 0.5 and 0.875 times the lease time.)
} > >
} > > It would also segfault if the subnetmask option isn't sent, but I
} > > don't know if this can happen.
} >
} > Fixing that might require a dozen more/less lines of code
} > and as I stated before I'm not going to maintain the source
} > as long as it works perfectly for me (with Time Warner RR).
} >
} > However I will gladly fix some minor things like the one
} > with routersOnSubnet instead of giaddr and I will be
} > happy to assist and answer any questions about dhcpcd-1.3..
} >
} > The somewhat "fixed" dhcpcd-1.3.tar.gz is available
} > at ftp://phystech.com/pub
} >
} > > Steve
} > > dunham@cps.msu.edu
} >
} > Sergei
} >
} >
} >
}