Re: [ECOS] Patch not start network device

[Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com>]

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Manfred Gruber wrote:
> Hi !
> 
> Ok I found out it is better to do such things in the network driver, not 
> generic..

Which network driver?

I would think that generic is better.  In fact, I think that an even
better solution would be to have an fconfig setting which enables
networking.

> 
> regards manfred
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 7. Juni 2007 19:02 schrieb Manfred Gruber:
>> Hi !
>>
>> I have done a small patch to not switch on ethernet if ip is 0.0.0.0 and
>> bootp is false in redboot. This speeds up my boot process.
>>
>> Index: ecos/packages/redboot/current/src/net/net_io.c
>> ===================================================================
>> --- ecos.orig/packages/redboot/current/src/net/net_io.c
>> +++ ecos/packages/redboot/current/src/net/net_io.c
>> @@ -701,6 +701,12 @@ net_init(void)
>>  #endif
>>      }
>>  #endif
>> +    /* not start network if ip address is set to 0.0.0.0 and bootp is
>> switched off */
>> +    if (__local_ip_addr[0] == 0 && __local_ip_addr[1] == 0 &&
>> +       __local_ip_addr[2] == 0 && __local_ip_addr[3] == 0 && (use_bootp ==
>> false)) {
>> +        diag_printf("Not starting network, bootp is false and IP is
>> 0.0.0.0! \n");
>> +        return;
>> +    }
>>  # ifdef CYGDBG_IO_ETH_DRIVERS_DEBUG
>>      // Don't override if the user has deliberately set something more
>>      // verbose.
>>
>> what do you think about that, the patch is against flash_v2 branch ?
>>
>> regards
>> --
>> 	Manfred Gruber
> 


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