[syslinux] [PATCH 3/4] Removing the udp_reader efi_binding

Matt Fleming matt at codeblueprint.co.uk
Wed May 31 07:06:15 PDT 2017


On Wed, 31 May, at 07:45:00AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> >  extern EFI_GUID Udp4ServiceBindingProtocol, Udp4Protocol;
> >
> > -/*
> > - * This UDP binding is configured to operate in promiscuous mode. It is
> > - * only used for reading packets. It has no associated state unlike
> > - * socket->net.efi.binding, which has a remote IP address and port
> > - * number.
> > - */
> 
> This part has me puzzled why Matt was creating a promiscuous binding
> instead of re-using the existing binding.

Sorry, I'm afraid I don't remember what I was thinking when I wrote
that, so I definitely have no problem with it being ripped out.


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