Bug 7490

Summary: Add option for tweaking udhcpd arpping timeout
Product: Busybox Reporter: Michel Stam <m.stam>
Component: NetworkingAssignee: unassigned
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: enhancement CC: busybox-cvs
Priority: P5    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Attachments: Patch for tweaking the arpping.

Description Michel Stam 2014-10-01 12:07:28 UTC
Created attachment 5708 [details]
Patch for tweaking the arpping.

We're using busybox udhcpd on one of our embedded products.

The DHCP client on the product is a OEM board with an ethernet port. Unfortunately this device has a particularly short timeout for the DHCP DISCOVER, which means that several DISCOVER messages are displayed in the log prior to the DHCP REQUEST/ACK.

This patch adds the option to disable arpping altogether (caveat emptor), or to tune the timeout to an arbitrary value.
Comment 1 Michel Stam 2014-10-08 13:16:45 UTC
This patch has been re-implemented after a suggestion on the mailing list was made by Isaac Dunham to use commandline options instead of compile-time options.