Re: [Etherboot-developers] Interval between eth_poll....
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From: <ke...@us...> - 2003-04-27 13:47:58
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>I am using eepro100.c for 82557 for tftp booting and after comparing >with log of tcpdump on other remote hosts , >i found that i am losing some broadcast packets .. >Is it normal and expected in polling mode mode driver with only one >receive descriptor ..? >Is it because of some packets arriving between intervals of eth_poll.? > >if this is the case how tftp will hansle loss of packets..in case >interval between eth_poll() somehow gets enlarged further. 1. tftp does not use broadcast packets 2. tftp is a stop and wait protocol, if a packet is lost it is retried 3. the caller of eth_poll controls how often it is called, in Etherboot as soon as the last packet has been dealt with |