Re: [PATCH] The DHCPREQUEST message should contain the same 'xid' as the DHCPOFFER message

["\"Ilija Kocho [Илија Кочо]\"" <ilijak@siva.com.mk>]

On 12.02.2014 15:32, Michael Jones wrote:
> Jurgen,
>
> I typically put these in bugzilla with an explanation. That is where people look for patches before they are part of the source tree. As far as I can tell, it is the only way patches become part of the code base.

Indeed, Bugzilla is the preferred place for patch submission. Besides
discussion/collaboration forum, Bugzilla provides searchable database.
Patches and contributions is still available for but is depreciated.
Ref: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ecos/intouch.html . eCos Bugzilla shall
also forward the bug to patches mailing list if you select /Patches and
contributions/ component.

Ilija

> Mike
>
> On Feb 12, 2014, at 6:08 AM, Lambrecht Jürgen <J.Lambrecht@TELEVIC.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I found a bug and fixed it, so I don't know if I need to use bugzilla 
>> for that?
>> In attach the patch.
>>
>> file: net/common/current/src/dhcp_prot.c
>>
>> According to RFC 2131 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2131.html): "The 
>> DHCPREQUEST message contains the same 'xid' as the DHCPOFFER message."
>> So in a DHCP DORA cycle (Discover-Offer-Request-Acknowledge) the same 
>> transaction ID should be used ('xid' in C code).
>> We never had problems with that, but now we have a strict customer..
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Jürgen
>>
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