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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bootp arp corruption fix (was Re: 2.2.0 Bug summary)

Hi all,


On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Amos Shapira wrote:

> About this bootp error: I don't remember who exactly told me about this,
> but it was reportted to me that one Amnon (probably Amnon Shiloh) from
> the Mosix project found a very similar bug which caused Linux to report
> "it's me" on any arp request which it saw on the LAN in the short
> interval it waited to configure its real address from bootp.

Actually, it was myself :-)

In addition, on 30 Dec 1998, David Wragg wrote:

> > ...
> > o bootp autobooting stuff corrupts other hosts arp stuff it seems
> > ...
>
> My patch to reintroduce 2.0-alike 0.0.0.0 ip address behaviour happens
> to fix this. The main point is to allow bootpc/bootp setup scripts
> that work with 2.0 to work with 2.1, and as a side effect it
> simplifies the ip autoconfiguration via bootp code, fixing this bug.
[SNIP]


I'd like to put some order in this issue:

At the time I reported the bug, I found a temporary bypass that enabled
me to use it on our system. A while later I received an excellent patch
from Martin Mares. Basically he rewritten the BOOTP code to rely on its
own routines, instead of needing to hack the IP layer. A small followup
patch he sent (privately) finished the job. It now works perfectly here.

Since I didn't see it in 2.1.132-acX series, I asked him, and he said:

> Dave Miller said he'll send it to Linus with the next chunk of
> networking updates.


Martin, Dave: please send the complete patch to Linus/Alan so they will
merge it into 2.2.0-per2.

Thanks !

Oren.

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