Re: IP4 Config Troubles with DHCP

["Cohen, Eugene" <eugene@hp.com>]

Jiaxin,

> Yeah. When I was drafting the UDP APP to test the new fix, I found the
> same case you mentioned. We must issue another UDP Configure () to
> clean the previous state once the  Ip4Mode.IsConfigured is TRUE. So,
> the above example is not accurate with my the current
> implementation:(. But I'm still not recommend to loop the UDP
> configuration every time if Ip4Mode.IsConfigured is false. The right
> behavior for UDP/TCP is 1) timer check the Ip4Mode.IsConfigured, 2)
> Once Ip4Mode.IsConfigured is TRUE, reconfigure the instance again.
> Sorry for the above example was troubling you. Also use UDP as
> example, correct as below:

Can't we just call this a defect and make it so the first Configure() that returns IsConfigured=TRUE works?  It seems much safer to handle this in the stack than to expect hundreds or thousands of different network applications and services to try to implement this sequence correctly.

I don't see where in the UEFI spec it states that you must call Configure(cfg) Configure(NULL) Configure(cfg) just to make it work...

Thanks,

Eugene