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-rw-r--r--Documentation/user/networking.rst4
-rw-r--r--net/eth.c4
-rw-r--r--net/net.c19
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/user/networking.rst b/Documentation/user/networking.rst
index 6bb99b0da2..9231ebde56 100644
--- a/Documentation/user/networking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/user/networking.rst
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ device:
| | | any directly visible subnet. May be set |
| | | automatically by DHCP. |
+------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
-| global.net.server | ipv4 host | The default server address. If unspecified, may|
-| | | be set by DHCP |
+| global.net.server | hostname or | The default server. If unspecified, may be set |
+| | ipv4 address | by DHCP |
+------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------+
| global.net.nameserver | ipv4 address | The DNS server used for resolving host names. |
| | | May be set by DHCP |
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index b3e81247c2..53d24baa16 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int eth_register_of_fixup(void)
late_initcall(eth_register_of_fixup);
#endif
-extern IPaddr_t net_serverip;
+extern char *net_server;
extern IPaddr_t net_gateway;
static const char * const eth_mode_names[] = {
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ int eth_register(struct eth_device *edev)
edev->devname = xstrdup(dev_name(&edev->dev));
dev_add_param_ip(dev, "ipaddr", NULL, NULL, &edev->ipaddr, edev);
- dev_add_param_ip(dev, "serverip", NULL, NULL, &net_serverip, edev);
+ dev_add_param_string(dev, "serverip", NULL, NULL, &net_server, edev);
dev_add_param_ip(dev, "gateway", NULL, NULL, &net_gateway, edev);
dev_add_param_ip(dev, "netmask", NULL, NULL, &edev->netmask, edev);
dev_add_param_mac(dev, "ethaddr", eth_param_set_ethaddr, NULL,
diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c
index f1a7df0298..0d889ddb52 100644
--- a/net/net.c
+++ b/net/net.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
unsigned char *NetRxPackets[PKTBUFSRX]; /* Receive packets */
static unsigned int net_ip_id;
-IPaddr_t net_serverip;
+char *net_server;
IPaddr_t net_gateway;
static IPaddr_t net_nameserver;
static char *net_domainname;
@@ -271,17 +271,26 @@ static uint16_t net_udp_new_localport(void)
IPaddr_t net_get_serverip(void)
{
- return net_serverip;
+ IPaddr_t ip;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = resolv(net_server, &ip);
+ if (ret)
+ return 0;
+
+ return ip;
}
void net_set_serverip(IPaddr_t ip)
{
- net_serverip = ip;
+ free(net_server);
+
+ net_server = xasprintf("%pI4", &ip);
}
void net_set_serverip_empty(IPaddr_t ip)
{
- if (net_serverip)
+ if (net_server && *net_server)
return;
net_set_serverip(ip);
@@ -647,7 +656,7 @@ static int net_init(void)
globalvar_add_simple_ip("net.nameserver", &net_nameserver);
globalvar_add_simple_string("net.domainname", &net_domainname);
- globalvar_add_simple_ip("net.server", &net_serverip);
+ globalvar_add_simple_string("net.server", &net_server);
globalvar_add_simple_ip("net.gateway", &net_gateway);
return 0;