Ady, This sounds interesting. I know PXE and related DHCP options somewhat well. But I don't recognize this. Typically, you add PXE-related options to your DHCP server. Either your main DHCP server, or a proxy DHCP server you stand up. To a lesser extent, some smarter TFTP servers (like Tivoli or Rembo) can parse vendor-encapsulated options. They take different actions according to the option's values. I'm not following how pxelinux parses or has support for DHCP options. What is this proposed feature? Spike>> Changes in 6.03: > >I have some minor additional items listed (or with a slightly >different wording). One that might be worth mentioning: > > * pxe: (Re-)add support for embedded DHCP options. > >Thank You and Best Regards, >Ady.
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Spike White <spikewhitetx at gmail.com> wrote:> Ady, > > This sounds interesting. I know PXE and related DHCP options > somewhat well. But I don't recognize this. > > Typically, you add PXE-related options to your DHCP server. > Either your main DHCP server, or a proxy DHCP server you stand up. > > To a lesser extent, some smarter TFTP servers (like Tivoli > or Rembo) can parse vendor-encapsulated options. They take different > actions according to the option's values. > > I'm not following how pxelinux parses or has support for DHCP > options. > > What is this proposed feature?It's an older feature that was working in 3.86 (though how far earlier I can't recall) then broken in 4.00.>>> Changes in 6.03: >> >>I have some minor additional items listed (or with a slightly >>different wording). One that might be worth mentioning: >> >> * pxe: (Re-)add support for embedded DHCP options. >> >>Thank You and Best Regards, >>Ady.-- -Gene A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text, especially the archives of mailing lists. Q: Why is Top-posting such a bad thing?
> >>> Changes in 6.03: > >> * pxe: (Re-)add support for embedded DHCP options. > >>Ady. > > What is this proposed feature? > It's an older feature that was working in 3.86 (though how far earlier > I can't recall) then broken in 4.00. > -- > -GeneI would say that, in practical terms for users, this is about being able to (again) use the "pxelinux-options" tool (under the "utils" directory in Syslinux official distribution archives) so to hardcode "before-DHCP-options" or "after-DHCP-options" options. The feature was broken since 4.xx, and it is now (hopefully) fixed in 6.03. In addition to the (broken-in-prior-versions) options for BIOS clients using pxelinux.0 (TFTP), it should now also work for BIOS clients using lpxelinux.0 (FTP/HTTP) and for UEFI clients using syslinux.efi. Regards, Ady.> > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text, > especially the archives of mailing lists. > Q: Why is Top-posting such a bad thing? > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux >