On 28/05/2017 01:09, Kamil Czekirda wrote: > In initial revision I noticed, that I'm not sure it should be default > behavior. > In a lot of installations pxeloader can base on the cache and doesn't require > second, full request with the same answer. In that situation we can switch off > bootp() and I think it would be nice to have this switch and give them to > users. > Flag during compilation is sensible. > > In very simple and popular case we have chain with four requests for the same > information (!): > PXE (NIC) -> iPXE -> pxeloader -> dhclient > and it's possible to switch off request from iPXE and pxeloader without > breaking > boot process.
Well, the information given to PXE/NIC and iPXE is not exactly the same as bootfile must differ. Also, a nit: as far as I know, it's currently impossible to run dhclient on a network booted _diskless_ system. So, yeah, in some setups we can shave off a request from pxeboot and it probably makes sense to have that option. -- Andriy Gapon _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
