On 28.09.2016 03:59, David Gibson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:17:19AM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: >> On 27.09.2016 06:17, David Gibson wrote: >>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:17:46PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: [...] >>>> diff --git a/tests/pxe-test.c b/tests/pxe-test.c >>>> index b2cc355..0bdb7a1 100644 >>>> --- a/tests/pxe-test.c >>>> +++ b/tests/pxe-test.c >>>> @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ >>>> >>>> static const char *disk = "tests/pxe-test-disk.raw"; >>>> >>>> -static void test_pxe_one(const char *params) >>>> +static void test_pxe_one(const char *params, bool ipv6) >>> >>> Is it wise to keep the "PXE" name. OF style netbooting isn't really >>> PXE in the sense of the Intel PXE spec, although it overlaps in the >>> underlying protocols used. >> >> Strictly speaking, you're right. But the overlap from the networking >> protocol point of view is 95%, I'd guess, basically you can say that: >> >> PXE = TFTP + DHCP + some few DHCP extensions > > (aside on subtle English usage at [0] if you're interested) [...] > [0] A native speaker would probably say "a few" DHCP extensions here. > "some few", oddly enough, reads as very slight sarcasm implying that > there are actually quite a lot of extensions, or at least more than > you'd expect.
Oh, good to know, that's the things that you miss as a non-native speaker ... so I actually really meant "a few" here (though some of the extensions are IMHO rather strange). Thomas
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