Re: [lwip-users]Hostname for DHCP - where is it specified?

[Bob Brusa]

Am 01.12.2010, 13:36 Uhr, schrieb Paul Archer <address@hidden>:

> From looking here:
>
> http://ecos.sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ecos/packages/io/eth/current/ChangeLog?cvsroot=ecos
>
> Looks like ecos lwip is at versioin 1.3.2
>
> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Kieran Mansley <address@hidden>  
> wrote:
> > On 1 Dec 2010, at 08:47, Bob Brusa wrote:
> > > I feel that something is not as it should be with my lwip. I can find  
> > > nowhere in the h-files a function netif_set_hostname. I find the  
> > > parameter LWIP_NETIF_HOSTNAME, but it is undefined. On the other hand,  
> > > there is a parameter CYGIMP_LWIP_NETIF_HOSTNAME in net_lwip.h (and I  
> > > defined it in config as 1). However, as far as I can see, this  
> > > parameter is used nowhere. I am tempted to assume, that there is a  
> > > naming problem - two names for something that should be uniquely named?
> > > I am working with ecos, but I am not sure which version of lwip it  
> > > includes. The last checkout (ecos)I did was sometimes this spring.....  
> > > Prior to delving into further details: What is your opinion about this?
> >
> > My guess is that you have an older version of lwIP that pre-dates that  
> > addition of that function.
> >
> > Kieran
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Yea, you both are right. The version in ecos is 1.3.2 and the function  
netif_set_hostname() is definied as of version 1.4.0.
I have to dig further into this. There exists a macro LWIP_NETIF_HOSTNAME  
which is also used by DHCP. But currently, I do not understand what it  
does.....
  Regards Robert