[bug #47509] net_bootp to send client architecture (dhcp option 93)

[Yair Yarom]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47509>

                 Summary: net_bootp to send client architecture (dhcp option
93)
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: irush
            Submitted on: Wed 23 Mar 2016 04:17:13 PM GMT
                Category: Network
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: Git master
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Hi all,

Is it possible to have net_bootp send option 93 (client architecture, rfc
4578)? This is useful in our netboot environment so that the dhcp can send the
appropriate configurations.

Attached is a patch that does more or less what we need (at least for UEFI).

Regards,
    Yair.




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File Attachments:


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Date: Wed 23 Mar 2016 04:17:13 PM GMT  Name: efi-option-93.patch  Size: 2kB  
By: irush

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=36738>

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