> 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.
I dont think that is actually true. Infact dont we need to run dhclient on a diskless client if we intend to keep our dhcp lease beyond the initial issue time period, ie renewal ever X minutes? > 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" > -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ 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"
