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diff --git a/networking/udhcp/README b/networking/udhcp/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dd992949a --- /dev/null +++ b/networking/udhcp/README @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +udhcp server/client package readme +------------------------- + +The udhcp server/client package is primarily geared towards embedded +systems. It does however, strive to be fully functional, and RFC +compliant. + + +compile time options +------------------- + +The Makefile contains three of the compile time options: + + UDHCP_DEBUG: If UDHCP_DEBUG is defined, udhcpd will output extra + debugging output, compile with -g, and not fork to the background when + run. + UDHCP_SYSLOG: If UDHCP_SYSLOG is defined, udhcpd will log all its + messages syslog, otherwise, it will attempt to log them to stdout. + + COMBINED_BINARY: If COMBINED_BINARY is define, one binary, udhcpd, + is created. If called as udhcpd, the dhcp server will be started. + If called as udhcpc, the dhcp client will be started. + +dhcpd.h contains the other three compile time options: + + LEASE_TIME: The default lease time if not specified in the config + file. + + LEASES_FILE: The default file for storing leases. + + DHCPD_CONFIG_FILE: The defualt config file to use. + +options.c contains a set of dhcp options for the client: + + name[10]: The name of the option as it will appear in scripts + + flags: The type of option, as well as if it will be requested + by the client (OPTION_REQ) + + code: The DHCP code for this option + + +busybox drop-in +-------------- +udhcp is now a drop-in component for busybox (http://busybox.net). +To update busybox to the latest revision, simply do a: + +cp *.[ch] README AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog TODO \ + <busybox_source>/networking/udhcp + +The only two files udhcp does not provide are config.in and +Makefile.in, so these may need to be updated from time to time. + |