Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:40:52 +0000 From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tftpd: avoid logging error for pxeboot option negotiation? Message-ID: <7DCFF8A0-D54F-4846-97BE-BA6BE33C92C7@lists.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <20120220200910.GA46212@sandvine.com> References: <20120220200910.GA46212@sandvine.com>
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On 20. Feb 2012, at 20:09 , Ed Maste wrote: > After upgrading a diskless boot server from FreeBSD 6 to 8 I see an = error > message logged each time a diskless client boots: >=20 > Feb 20 00:56:38 TPC-D4-35 tftpd[55229]: Got ERROR packet: TFTP Aborted >=20 > It turns out that the pxeboot client (from Intel) first performs a = TFTP > read request with the tsize option to which it receives an = acknowledgement > containing the size of the file to be transferred. Then it sends back > an error response to abort the transfer, and sends the read request = again > (without the tsize option). >=20 > The sequence of packets is: >=20 > 1. C->S TFTP Read Request, File: pxeboot, Transfer type: octet, = tsize=3D0 > 2. S->C TFTP Option Acknowledgement, tsize=3D239616 > 3. C->S TFTP Error Code, Code: Not defined, Message: TFTP Aborted > 4. C->S TFTP Read Request, File: pxeboot, Transfer type: octet, = blksize=3D1456 > 5. S->C TFTP Option Acknowledgement, blksize=3D1456 > 6. C->S TFTP Acknowledgement, Block: 0 > 7. S->C TFTP Data Packet, Block: 1 > ... >=20 > I'd like to avoid logging the error here, for the sake of this pxeboot > client and any other tftp clients that might check options without = actually > starting a transfer. Anyone opposed to removing it? (A proposed = patch is > at http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/tftpd.diff). Rather than completely ignoring it, can we log it in a different = category, so that one would actually still have a chance to see real "abort" = errors? --=20 Bjoern A. Zeeb You have to have visions! It does not matter how good you are. It matters what good you do!
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