Steven Shiau
2013-Sep-26 07:39 UTC
[syslinux] One DHCP/PXE config for BIOS, EFI32, and EFI64 clients?
On 09/26/2013 01:44 AM, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:> Yes; you can configure your DHCP server to hand out different values for > the pxelinux.configfile option to specific clients, matching on MAC > address or a variety of other conditions. Of course, this means that > the config file for that machine will need to know what firmware to > expect and thus what path to set.Hi Jeffrey, Thanks. I think what the solution is as I mentioned in the thread beginning, http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2013-September/020848.html Or did I miss something? My actual idea is, is that possible we could have an option, even with: ==============================option pxelinux.configfile "pxelinux.cfg/bios"; ==============================this option still lets pxelinux still honor the rules: pxelinux.cfg/01-88-99-aa-bb-cc-dd pxelinux.cfg/C000025B pxelinux.cfg/C000025 pxelinux.cfg/C00002 pxelinux.cfg/C0000 pxelinux.cfg/C000 pxelinux.cfg/C00 pxelinux.cfg/C0 pxelinux.cfg/C pxelinux.cfg/default If such an option exists, it will be very useful because one DHCP/PXE config could for all BIOS, EFI32, and EFI64 clients. Thanks in advance. Steven. -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 4096R/47CF935C Fingerprint: 0240 1FEB 695D 7112 62F0 8796 11C1 12DA 47CF 935C
Jeffrey Hutzelman
2013-Sep-26 21:02 UTC
[syslinux] One DHCP/PXE config for BIOS, EFI32, and EFI64 clients?
On Thu, 2013-09-26 at 15:39 +0800, Steven Shiau wrote:> > On 09/26/2013 01:44 AM, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote: > > Yes; you can configure your DHCP server to hand out different values for > > the pxelinux.configfile option to specific clients, matching on MAC > > address or a variety of other conditions. Of course, this means that > > the config file for that machine will need to know what firmware to > > expect and thus what path to set. > Hi Jeffrey, > Thanks. I think what the solution is as I mentioned in the thread beginning, > http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2013-September/020848.html > Or did I miss something? > My actual idea is, is that possible we could have an option, even with:Right; you've asked for a feature that doesn't exist. I've given you an alternative approach you can use with your existing DHCP server that does not require any new features in Syslinux
H. Peter Anvin
2013-Sep-26 23:28 UTC
[syslinux] One DHCP/PXE config for BIOS, EFI32, and EFI64 clients?
On 09/26/2013 02:02 PM, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:> > Right; you've asked for a feature that doesn't exist. I've given you an > alternative approach you can use with your existing DHCP server that > does not require any new features in Syslinux >It wouldn't be too hard to implement, just a matter of someone finding the time. -hpa
Steven Shiau
2013-Sep-27 00:02 UTC
[syslinux] One DHCP/PXE config for BIOS, EFI32, and EFI64 clients?
On 2013/9/27 ?? 05:02, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:> Right; you've asked for a feature that doesn't exist. I've given you an > alternative approach you can use with your existing DHCP server that > does not require any new features in SyslinuxGot it. Appreciate that. Steven. -- Steven Shiau <steven _at_ nchc org tw> <steven _at_ stevenshiau org> National Center for High-performance Computing, Taiwan. http://www.nchc.org.tw Public Key Server PGP Key ID: 4096R/47CF935C Fingerprint: 0240 1FEB 695D 7112 62F0 8796 11C1 12DA 47CF 935C