From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hugo 'NOx' Tyson To: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [ECOS] Notes on static configuration of an eCos network interface Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 11:00:00 -0000 Message-id: References: <25482.963837944@raven.ravenbrook.com> <200007201657.RAA04945@sheesh.cygnus.co.uk> X-SW-Source: 2000-07/msg00200.html Bart Veer writes: > >>>>> "Huge" == Hugo 'NOx' Tyson writes: > >> and _not_ "server", which is a meaningless idea in the absence of > >> BOOTP. > > Huge> Indeed it is meaningless BUT several of our test programs > Huge> use the server address as "someone to talk to" so it's worth > Huge> IMHO having it settable in static configurations. Eg. ftp > Huge> test, tftp test, ping tests and the like expect the "server" > Huge> to be a nice freindly chap. > > That is horrible (IMHO). Setting up such addresses should be handled > by the test harness, e.g. by updating a suitable variable via gdb, and > not by configuration options. Not possible right now, but it will have > to be addressed as the test harness progresses. I was under the impression that we aimed to let customers test their own configurations, by providing test programs which will work correctly in such a configuration. What you suggest may be cleaner, but it directly defeats the goal of being able to automatically run at least *some* of the network tests. However, network testing is rather a special case... - Huge