Re: [ECOS] Notes on static configuration of an eCos network interface

[Hugo 'NOx' Tyson <hmt at cygnus dot co dot ukx>]

Bart Veer <bartv@redhat.com> writes:
> >>>>> "Huge" == Hugo 'NOx' Tyson <hmt@cygnus.co.ukx> writes:
>     >> and _not_ "server", which is a meaningless idea in the absence of
>     >> BOOTP. 
> 
>     Huge> Indeed it is meaningless BUT several of our test programs
>     Huge> use the server address as "someone to talk to" so it's worth
>     Huge> IMHO having it settable in static configurations. Eg. ftp
>     Huge> test, tftp test, ping tests and the like expect the "server"
>     Huge> to be a nice freindly chap.
> 
> That is horrible (IMHO). Setting up such addresses should be handled
> by the test harness, e.g. by updating a suitable variable via gdb, and
> not by configuration options. Not possible right now, but it will have
> to be addressed as the test harness progresses.

I was under the impression that we aimed to let customers test their own
configurations, by providing test programs which will work correctly in
such a configuration.  What you suggest may be cleaner, but it directly
defeats the goal of being able to automatically run at least *some* of the
network tests.

However, network testing is rather a special case...

	- Huge