Bug 7490 - Add option for tweaking udhcpd arpping timeout
Summary: Add option for tweaking udhcpd arpping timeout
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Busybox
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Networking (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P5 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: unassigned
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Reported: 2014-10-01 12:07 UTC by Michel Stam
Modified: 2014-10-08 13:16 UTC (History)
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Patch for tweaking the arpping. (3.12 KB, application/octet-stream)
2014-10-01 12:07 UTC, Michel Stam 		Details
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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.