[PATCH] udhcp: infinite retries

Denis Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Tue Feb 6 01:20:11 UTC 2007


On Monday 05 February 2007 17:33, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> It may be useful (at least it is for us) to keep on sending DHCP request 
> and renewals for ever until we actually get an answer. For that purpose 
> udhcpc -t 0 could do the job.

I guess udhcpc -t 999999999 will be the same in practice.

> Attached you will find the corresponding patch, please let me know if 
> you'd consider it for inclusion.

Well, and if for some obscure reason someone wants zero retries?
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vda



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