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| author | Joachim Nilsson <joachim@gnufans.org> | 2002-11-12 12:00:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Joachim Nilsson <joachim@gnufans.org> | 2002-11-12 12:00:33 +0000 |
| commit | ab223b098e659f8b16d4cd9752ef51788c977603 (patch) | |
| tree | e6c6f453baf2d437d026a0f95a3c09c4888e664c /Hurd/DhcpClient.mdwn | |
| parent | 23517a6e7dc9975e8beffba663fb4cd0a48a4405 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Hurd/DhcpClient.mdwn b/Hurd/DhcpClient.mdwn index a02cb535..fa37dc54 100644 --- a/Hurd/DhcpClient.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/DhcpClient.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ +# <a name="DHCP_and_the_Hurd"> </a> DHCP and the Hurd + No DHCP client has been ported to the Hurd yet. * Tom Hart began a [discussion ](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/help-hurd/2002-October/006643.html) of 14 posts in Oct 2002. -- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 20 Oct 2002 + +The beginnings of a DHCP translator is available in the Hurd sources on Savannah: [hurd/trans/pump.c](http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/hurd/hurd/trans/pump.c?rev=1.3&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup) + +Unfortunately our current TCP/IP stack, the pfinet translator, lacks support for the AF\_PACKET interface as well as sending packets with an IP address of 0.0.0.0. + +Grant Bowman on bug-hurd: + + Herbert Xu (Pump maintainer) told me that to operate correctly, pump + uses the AF_PACKET interface which is only present in 2.2. + + Anyone else know the status of getting these compiled and functional? + +Neal Walfield on bug-hurd replies: + + > Anyone else know the status of getting these compiled and functional? + + We need to be able to send to the DHCP server with ip address 0.0.0.0. + +-- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 12 Nov 2002 |