On 28/05/2017 18:38, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> 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?
Well, just test it. >> 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"
