Re: PXE-compliant boot server request?

On Feb 5, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Roland Kuhn wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm struggling with the automatic network installation setup at our  
> institute, which requires more PXE-compliance than currently  
> offered by etherboot. To be specific, it requires the PXE_BOOT_ITEM  
> selection to be present in the DHCPREQUEST, and it requests via  
> DHCP_DISCOVERY_CONTROL that neither broadcast nor multicast be used  
> for that packet. I'm thinking about adding that functionality, but  
> there are two ways: hard-coding the specifics for this setup or  
> handling the involved protocol. What do you think? Does this have a  
> chance of inclusion?
> Ciao,
>                     Roland

Improved PXE compatibility is certainly one of our goals, and if your  
changes work toward that end, they are likely to be included.
Handling the protocol would be more likely to be included, of course  
(as I am sure you would do).

Thanks for writing, and we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Marty




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