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authorJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2012-05-23 08:00:12 +0000
committerJoe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>2012-05-23 17:53:08 -0500
commitd22c338e07cc98276ea5cc4feaa5a370baa63243 (patch)
treeac72ae8a2d99ba9b48757aa148a8fe1b5f1cdd7d /README
parent228041893c2b6f79326f4b49ee7b3b3a90e90e8e (diff)
net: Add link-local addressing support
Code based on networking/zcip.c in busybox commit 8531d76a15890c2c535908ce888b2e2aed35b172 Signed-off-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger@ni.com>
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@@ -785,6 +785,8 @@ The following options need to be configured:
CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
+ CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
+ (169.254.*.*)
CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
@@ -1633,6 +1635,14 @@ The following options need to be configured:
the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
this delay.
+ - Link-local IP address negotiation:
+ Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
+ for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
+ This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
+ to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
+
+ See doc/README.link-local for more information.
+
- CDP Options:
CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID