Bug#127436: boot-floppies: [mips] Document quirk to work around TFTP bug in Indy Prom.
Package: boot-floppies
Version: N/A; reported 2002-01-02
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Moi!
Trying to install an Indy using a TFTP server running Linux 2.4.X causes
headaches, heart attacks, ans generally sucks hard. In the interest of
public health, please consider documenting yet another quirk to work
around an obscure bug in the Indy Prom. See below for a suggested update
to the English version.
Regards,
Daniel.
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--- documentation/en/inst-methods.sgml.orig Tue Dec 18 08:44:36 2001
+++ documentation/en/inst-methods.sgml Wed Jan 2 11:42:51 2002
@@ -1058,8 +1058,14 @@
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc
</example>
to turn off Path MTU discovery otherwise the Indys Prom can't download the
-kernel.
-<!-- <![ %FIXME [ what about ip_local_port_range - is it needed? ]]> -->
+kernel. Furthermore, make sure TFTP packets are sent from a source port no
+greater than 32767, or the download will stall after the first packet.
+Again, it's Linux 2.4.X tripping this bug in the Prom, and you can avoid it
+by setting
+<example>
+echo "2048 32767" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
+</example>
+to adjust the range of source ports the Linux TFTP server uses.
]]>
<sect1 id="tftp-images">Move TFTP Images Into Place
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-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux antares 2.4.16 #1 SMP Mon Nov 26 16:55:31 CET 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE
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