Re: [Etherboot-developers] [ 1010265 ] eb 3.5.8 - DNS doesn't use resulting address for boot file

[Anselm M. H. <an...@ho...>]

Am Dienstag, 17. August 2004 05:19 schrieb Ken Yap:
> >  using the preset boot string, if I query something my
> >DNS server is authoritative for to get around another
> >bug, it still goes to the DHCP server's IP address for
> >tftp.
> >
> >some sign and casting issues in dns_resover.c  I have
> >attached a fix, tested, works for me, what a mess.
>
> Thanks Jeremy, it has committed to CVS. Anselm, please confirm by
> closing the bug report, or if you have a prefered fix commit your
> version.  I have to agree with Jeremy about the mess, can you make the
> code cleaner, Anselm?

I didn't do much on the code actually, but added several lines of comments, so 
I hope the random source reader will get a better understanding of what the 
code does, why it does it and what goes over the wire. I admit it's a great 
m[ae]ss of code that's not easy to get an overview of.

The recursive bit should be set now; this was as issue of setting the 
appropriate #define in include/dns_resolver.h to 0x0100 instead of 0x0001 
(now that I think about it that probably happened when I tried to "beautify" 
the code before the first submitting to CVS) - ethereal reports that the 
recursive-request bit is set.

Regards,

Anselm