Hello,
> However, a new problem arises. The BOOTP packet isn't honoured by the
> DHCP server unless the hardware address is assigned an IP in the
> DHCP configuration file. I've quickly modified the BOOTP config
> area to include the option 'DHCPDISCOVER'.
>
> I dont' know if this will break bootp or not. Is DHCP significantly
> different?
When you send DHCPDISCOVER, you promise you'll be able to handle
full DHCP protocol, including "address lease refresh" packets.
> Finally, as the DHCPOFFER packet can contain a lot of useful information
> I was thinking it would be neat to have a 'dhcp' directory somewhere
> in /proc. Being able to pull out information such as time servers,
> name servers etc from the offer packet would be useful, especially
> after (or during the later) boot stage(s). Thoughts? Comments?
I was already thinking of adding a half-kernel/half-user DHCP support
(probably with passing options via /proc), but it's not a 2.2.0 project.
Have a nice fortnight
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