bootpc timeout on private network

[Thomas Doerfler]

Hi,

I had similar problems year ago. It took me half a 
day to find out, that my Linux host sent out the 
answers to the BOOTP request to the public network 
instead of the private one.

Setting a route for the broadcast address 
255.255.255.255 pointing to the private network 
solved the problem.

wkr,
	Thomas.


> Hi,
> 
> Did anyone  boot RTEMS  sucessfully via a private network instead
> of a public one ?  When the  ethernet communication  of Bootp/tftp
> client/server is placed on a public network with an ethernet hub,  I
> was able to boot RTEMS.  However, when the  ethernet
> communication of Bootp/tftp client/server is placed on a private
> network (clinet machine to server machine, point to point), the tftp
> downloaded the RTEMS image, However, I  got  the error message :
> "BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff".   Both  public and private
> setups reside on one PC (two ethernet card).   To switch between
> the public and the private network,  I changed the  IP address of
> the Bootp/tftp client/server, the netmask, and the gateway in the
> bootptab file. The domain name server was taken out  of the
> bootptab file for the private network.  Did I miss other steps ?
> 
> 
> I ran a simple bootptest  client on the private networked bootp server,
> and it worked fine. On the same private network setup, I was able to
> use  ftp/nfs to run  vxWorks  application.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kate
> 
> 
> P.S. : The attached is the capture of the boot process, which shows
> the IP address of the provate network.
> 
> 
> ************************************************************
> 
> 
> Copyright Motorola Inc. 1988 - 1999, All Rights Reserved
> 
> PPC1 Debugger/Diagnostics Release Version 4.5 - 09/24/99 RM01
> COLD Start
> 
> Local Memory Found =02000000 (&33554432)
> 
> MPU Clock Speed =333Mhz
> 
> BUS Clock Speed =67Mhz
> 
> Reset Vector Location  : ROM Bank B
> Mezzanine Configuration: Single-MPU
> Current 60X-Bus Master : MPU0
> Idle MPU(s)            : NONE
> 
> L2Cache:       NONE
> Initializing System Memory (DRAM)...
> System Memory: 32MB, ECC Enabled (ECC-Memory Detected)
> 
> 
> SelfTest/Boots about to Begin... Press <BREAK> at anytime to Abort ALL
> 
> NetBoot about to Begin... Press <ESC> to Bypass, <SPC> to Continue
> 
> Network Booting from: DEC21140, Controller 0, Device 0
> Device Name: /pci at 80000000/pci1011,9 at e,0:0,0
> Loading: epics/crate1/bin/example.exe
> 
> Client IP Address      = 172.16.1.2
> Server IP Address      = 172.16.1.1
> Gateway IP Address     = 172.16.1.1
> Subnet IP Address Mask = 255.255.255.0
> Boot File Name         = epics/crate1/bin/example.exe
> Argument File Name     =
> 
> Network Boot File load in progress... To abort hit <BREAK>
> 
> Bytes Received =&896748, Bytes Loaded =&896748
> Bytes/Second   =&128106, Elapsed Time =7 Second(s)
> 
> Residual-Data Located at: $01F88000
> 
> Model: 000000000000000000000000000(e2)
> Serial: MOT041642A
> Processor/Bus frequencies (Hz): 333372448/66674564
> Time Base Divisor: 4000
> Memory Size: 2000000
> Original MSR: 3040
> Original HID0: 82
> Original R31: 0
> 
> PCI: Probing PCI hardware
> 
> RTEMS 4.x/PPC load:
> Uncompressing the kernel...
> Kernel at 0x00000000, size=0x1d0de0
> Initrd at 0x00000000, size=0x0
> Residual data at 0x001d1000
> Command line at 0x001d8000
> done
> Now booting...
> -----------------------------------------
> Welcome to rtems-4.6.0pre2(PowerPC/PowerPC 604/mvme2307) on MVME 2300
> -----------------------------------------
> OpenPIC found at C1000000.
> OpenPIC Version ? (2 CPUs and 17 IRQ sources) at 0xC1000000
> OpenPIC Vendor 0 (Motorola), Device 0 (Raven), Stepping 2
> OpenPIC timer frequency is 8334057 Hz
> Universe II PCI-VME bridge detected at 0xC1040000, IRQ 11
> Universe Master Ports:
> Port  VME-Addr   Size       PCI-Adrs   Mode:
> 0:    0x20000000 0x0F000000 0x10000000 A32, Dat, Sup
> 1:    0x00000000 0x00FF0000 0x1F000000 A24, Dat, Sup
> 2:    0x00000000 0x00010000 0x1FFF0000 A16, Dat, Sup
> Universe Slave Ports:
> Port  VME-Addr   Size       PCI-Adrs   Mode:
> 0:    0xC0000000 0x01FE0000 0x80000000 A32, Pgm, Dat, Sup, Usr
> Overriding main IRQ line PCI info with 5
> Registering /dev/console as minor 0 (==/dev/ttyS0)yDEC Adapter found !!
> DC2114x : driver has been attached
> boDoCt2p1c1_4ixn i8t::0 :u3sEi:n2gD :n4eEt:w1oEr kI RiQn t1e0r fIaOc e1
> 1'0d0c01 'M
> C1041000 .........
> Bootpc testing starting
> bootpc hw address is 8:0:3e:2d:4e:1e
> BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff
> BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff
> BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff
> BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff
> BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff
> BOOTP timeout for server 0xffffffff
> 
> 
> 

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