[syslinux] [syslinux:firmware] efi, udp: implement receive timeout

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Fri Jul 12 11:52:51 PDT 2013


On Fri, 12 Jul, at 09:54:43AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Hmmm.
> 
> We already have a timeout loop in tftp_get_packet() as well as in the
> legacy version of dns_resolv().
> 
> I would like to suggest we augment the generic UDP receive function call
> with a timeout, rather than implementing a timeout upon a timeout.
> 
> What do you think?
 
Yeah, that would seem to make sense. I'll take a look at that.

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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