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SubjectRE: [PATCH] [resend]The kernel gets no IP from some DHCP servers, 2.6.24
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>> In my opinion it is necessary to distinguish between INADDR_ANY and
>> the ZERO address which ist requested to be in the DHCPDISCOVER packet.
>Just delete the lines and the address will be zero because of earlier memset().

From my personal point of view it is important to document the requirement of the
two addresses to be 0.0.0.0 either through the code itself or through a comment
which states clear the side effect of memset'ting the structure.

Both roads lead to Rome :-)

Marcel
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Marcel Wappler
Bridgeco AG
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland
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