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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I am having a MPC8280 based
Freescale evaluation board (A & M rattler) running U-boot. It is
successfully getting the ip address using DHCP. (in Uboot).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>When I am trying to boot the
board with Linux, it continuously sends DHCP request. The boot args which I am
giving are:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>bootargs=root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=10.203.105.123:/tftpboot/ppc_root ip=on<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Linux Boot sequence problem at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus
speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP,
IGMP<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>IP: routing cache hash table of
512 buckets, 4Kbytes<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>TCP: Hash tables configured
(established 1024 bind 2048)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Sending DHCP requests ......
timed out!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>IP-Config: Retrying forever (NFS
root)...<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Sending DHCP requests ......
timed out!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>IP-Config: Retrying forever (NFS
root)...<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Sending DHCP requests ......
timed out!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>If bootargs is set as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>bootargs=root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=10.203.105.123:/tftpboot/ppc_root ip=10.203.105.1<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>18:10.203.106.3:10.203.105.1:255.255.255.128:rattler:eth0:off<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Linux boot sequence problem at:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>IP-Config: Complete:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>device=eth0,
addr=10.203.105.118, mask=255.255.255.128, <span class=GramE>gw=</span>10.203.105.1,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>host=rattler, domain=,
nis-domain<span class=GramE>=(</span>none),<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE><span
class=GramE>bootserver</span></span><span class=GramE>=</span>10.203.106.3, <span
class=SpellE>rootserver</span>=10.203.105.123, <span class=SpellE>rootpath</span>=<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>NET4: <span class=GramE>Unix</span>
domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Looking up </span></font></b><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>port</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>RPC</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> 100003/2 on
10.203.105.123<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>portmap</span></font></b></span></span><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>: server 10.203.105.123 not responding, timed out<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Root-NFS: Unable to get <span
class=SpellE>nfsd</span> port number from server, using default<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Looking up </span></font></b><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>port</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> of </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>RPC</span></font></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> 100005/1 on
10.203.105.123<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=SpellE><span class=GramE><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>portmap</span></font></b></span></span><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>: server 10.203.105.123 not responding, timed out<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Root-NFS: Unable to get <span
class=SpellE>mountd</span> port number from server, using default<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The system is not able to get the
DNS domain name properly. Can anybody tell me why is this happening? When I
switched on ETHEREAL I am able to see a DHCP discover packet corresponding to
my targets MAC address. Any pointers would be highly appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>With Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>C.R.</span></font></b><st1:PersonName><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>Srivatsan</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=black><span
style='color:black;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b style='mso-ansi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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