[oe] [meta-oe][PATCH v2] rarpd : add new recipe
Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth.com
Tue Nov 18 20:14:05 UTC 2014
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:55 AM, Li xin <lixin.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> RARP (Reverse Address Resolution Protocol) is a protocol which allows
> individual devices on an IP network to get their own IP addresses from
> the RARP server. Some machines (e.g. SPARC boxes) use this protocol
> instead of e.g. DHCP to query their IP addresses during network bootup.
>
> Linux kernels up to 2.2 used to provide a kernel daemon for this
> service,but since 2.3 kernels it is served by this userland daemon.
> You should install rarpd if you want to set up a RARP server on your
> network.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Xin <lixin.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com>
>
Should this go in meta-networking?
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Christopher Larson
clarson at kergoth dot com
Founder - BitBake, OpenEmbedded, OpenZaurus
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Senior Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics
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