add --tftp-no-fail to ignore missing tftp root
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4f4fa30..34432ae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 	    on systems without an RTC, whilst allowing DNS queries before the
 	    clock is valid so that NTP can run. Thanks to
 	    Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant for developing this idea.
+
+	    Add --tftp-no-fail option. Thanks to Stefan Tomanek for
+	    the patch.
 	
 	
 version 2.72
diff --git a/dnsmasq.conf.example b/dnsmasq.conf.example
index 1bd305d..67be99a 100644
--- a/dnsmasq.conf.example
+++ b/dnsmasq.conf.example
@@ -486,6 +486,9 @@
 # Set the root directory for files available via FTP.
 #tftp-root=/var/ftpd
 
+# Do not abort if the tftp-root is unavailable
+#tftp-no-fail
+
 # Make the TFTP server more secure: with this set, only files owned by
 # the user dnsmasq is running as will be send over the net.
 #tftp-secure
diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
index 1f1dd7b..6b4626c 100644
--- a/man/dnsmasq.8
+++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
@@ -1711,6 +1711,9 @@
 the tftp-root. If the optional interface argument is given, the
 directory is only used for TFTP requests via that interface.
 .TP
+.B --tftp-no-fail
+Do not abort startup if specified tftp root directories are inaccessible.
+.TP
 .B --tftp-unique-root
 Add the IP address of the TFTP client as a path component on the end
 of the TFTP-root (in standard dotted-quad format). Only valid if a
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.c b/src/dnsmasq.c
index b784951..0d4d455 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.c
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
   struct dhcp_context *context;
   struct dhcp_relay *relay;
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_TFTP
+  int tftp_prefix_missing = 0;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef LOCALEDIR
   setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
@@ -636,7 +639,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TFTP
-      if (option_bool(OPT_TFTP))
+  if (option_bool(OPT_TFTP))
     {
       DIR *dir;
       struct tftp_prefix *p;
@@ -645,24 +648,33 @@
 	{
 	  if (!((dir = opendir(daemon->tftp_prefix))))
 	    {
-	      send_event(err_pipe[1], EVENT_TFTP_ERR, errno, daemon->tftp_prefix);
-	      _exit(0);
+	      tftp_prefix_missing = 1;
+	      if (!option_bool(OPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL))
+	        {
+	          send_event(err_pipe[1], EVENT_TFTP_ERR, errno, daemon->tftp_prefix);
+	          _exit(0);
+	        }
 	    }
 	  closedir(dir);
 	}
-
+      
       for (p = daemon->if_prefix; p; p = p->next)
 	{
+	  p->missing = 0;
 	  if (!((dir = opendir(p->prefix))))
-	   {
-	     send_event(err_pipe[1], EVENT_TFTP_ERR, errno, p->prefix);
-	     _exit(0);
-	   } 
+	    {
+	      p->missing = 1;
+	      if (!option_bool(OPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL))
+		{
+		  send_event(err_pipe[1], EVENT_TFTP_ERR, errno, p->prefix);
+		  _exit(0);
+		}
+	    } 
 	  closedir(dir);
 	}
     }
 #endif
-
+  
   if (daemon->port == 0)
     my_syslog(LOG_INFO, _("started, version %s DNS disabled"), VERSION);
   else if (daemon->cachesize != 0)
@@ -772,7 +784,8 @@
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TFTP
   if (option_bool(OPT_TFTP))
-    {
+    { 
+      struct tftp_prefix *p;
 #ifdef FD_SETSIZE
       if (FD_SETSIZE < (unsigned)max_fd)
 	max_fd = FD_SETSIZE;
@@ -782,7 +795,14 @@
 		daemon->tftp_prefix ? _("root is ") : _("enabled"),
 		daemon->tftp_prefix ? daemon->tftp_prefix: "",
 		option_bool(OPT_TFTP_SECURE) ? _("secure mode") : "");
+       
+      if (tftp_prefix_missing)
+	my_syslog(MS_TFTP | LOG_WARNING, _("warning: %s inaccessible"), daemon->tftp_prefix);
       
+      for (p = daemon->if_prefix; p; p = p->next)
+	if (p->missing)
+	   my_syslog(MS_TFTP | LOG_WARNING, _("warning: TFTP directory %s inaccessible"), p->prefix);
+
       /* This is a guess, it assumes that for small limits, 
 	 disjoint files might be served, but for large limits, 
 	 a single file will be sent to may clients (the file only needs
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq.h b/src/dnsmasq.h
index de95d0e..42952fc 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq.h
+++ b/src/dnsmasq.h
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@
 #define OPT_LOCAL_SERVICE  49
 #define OPT_LOOP_DETECT    50
 #define OPT_EXTRALOG       51
-#define OPT_LAST           52
+#define OPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL   52
+#define OPT_LAST           53
 
 /* extra flags for my_syslog, we use a couple of facilities since they are known 
    not to occupy the same bits as priorities, no matter how syslog.h is set up. */
@@ -901,6 +902,7 @@
 struct tftp_prefix {
   char *interface;
   char *prefix;
+  int missing;
   struct tftp_prefix *next;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index 3009eb5..f91cfbb 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@
 #define LOPT_DHOPT_INOTIFY 341
 #define LOPT_HOST_INOTIFY  342
 #define LOPT_DNSSEC_STAMP  343
+#define LOPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL  344
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
 static const struct option opts[] =  
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@
     { "dhcp-ignore-names", 2, 0, LOPT_NO_NAMES },
     { "enable-tftp", 2, 0, LOPT_TFTP },
     { "tftp-secure", 0, 0, LOPT_SECURE },
+    { "tftp-no-fail", 0, 0, LOPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL },
     { "tftp-unique-root", 0, 0, LOPT_APREF },
     { "tftp-root", 1, 0, LOPT_PREFIX },
     { "tftp-max", 1, 0, LOPT_TFTP_MAX },
@@ -419,6 +421,7 @@
   { LOPT_PREFIX, ARG_DUP, "<dir>[,<iface>]", gettext_noop("Export files by TFTP only from the specified subtree."), NULL },
   { LOPT_APREF, OPT_TFTP_APREF, NULL, gettext_noop("Add client IP address to tftp-root."), NULL },
   { LOPT_SECURE, OPT_TFTP_SECURE, NULL, gettext_noop("Allow access only to files owned by the user running dnsmasq."), NULL },
+  { LOPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL, OPT_TFTP_NO_FAIL, NULL, gettext_noop("Do not terminate the service if TFTP directories are inaccessible."), NULL },
   { LOPT_TFTP_MAX, ARG_ONE, "<integer>", gettext_noop("Maximum number of conncurrent TFTP transfers (defaults to %s)."), "#" },
   { LOPT_NOBLOCK, OPT_TFTP_NOBLOCK, NULL, gettext_noop("Disable the TFTP blocksize extension."), NULL },
   { LOPT_TFTP_LC, OPT_TFTP_LC, NULL, gettext_noop("Convert TFTP filenames to lowercase"), NULL },