[ipxe-devel] double null byte in dns_make_name()

[Michael Brown]

On Wednesday 28 Dec 2011 07:50:56 Christian Hesse wrote:
> the dns resolver from current git does not work for me. Taking a look at
> the network layer I found there's a double null byte added in
> dns_make_name() causing the nameserver to not understand the query type
> and class. The attached patch fixes this.

Applying your patch causes malformed DNS requests for me.  That trailing NUL 
marks the end of the name being queried.

Could you send a packet capture showing the "double null" behaviour that you 
describe?

  http://ipxe.org/howto/pcap

Thanks,

Michael