Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:09:52 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/nfsclient bootp_subr.c Message-ID: <3C8F2570.44E35129@FreeBSD.org> References: <200203130923.g2D9NBL68938@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>
> luigi 2002/03/13 01:23:11 PST
>
> Modified files:
> sys/nfsclient bootp_subr.c
> Log:
> Add a readonly sysctl variable of type string, kern.bootp_cookie,
> which is initialized with whatever string a dhcp/bootp server passes
> as vendor tag 134.
> There is no standard tag that I know with this information, and
> no vendor-defined tag that applies to FreeBSD that I could find
> doing the same thing.
>
> The intended use is to pass information to userland for run-time
> configuration of a diskless client without having to run a bootp/dhcp
> client for the third time (after the one in pxeboot/etherboot, and
> the one in the kernel bootp), also because these clients generally
> screwup the interface configuration, which is not exactly what you
> want when you have your disks nfs-mounted.
>
> Manpage update to follow soon.
>
> MFC-after: 3 days
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-Maxim
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