[syslinux] Re: why is "tsize" required?

[H. Peter Anvin]

Scott Bertilson wrote:
>   Perhaps a stupid question, but I've read through the
> changelog and the e-mail archive and can find no answer.
> I'm wondering why "tsize" is a necessity.  Seems like
> the TFTP protocol correctly handles EOF.  Does the code
> need to know in advance how large the file is going to
> be?

Yes.

>   If it just happens to have been written this way,
> would you be open to a change which eliminates the
> requirement?

It's not just a random requirement, though.

	-hpa