Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] conf: Add --dhcp-boot command-line option

[Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>]

On Mon,  1 Jun 2026 13:07:52 +0530
Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com> wrote:

> Introduce the --dhcp-boot flag that sets the boot file URL for
> network boot specially for ipxe. This patch adds the option

...meaning in a special way for iPXE (but what is special about it? I'm
not sure if I'm missing something) or especially for iPXE usage (but
then it's "especially")?

> storage and CLI parsing.
> 
> Link: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=192
> Signed-off-by: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
> ---
> v3:
>   - case 32 now calls dhcp_add_option(c, 67, optarg).
>   - Handles duplicate codes: --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt 67 coexist
>     correctly, last value wins.
> 
> v2:
>   - Removed separate dhcp_boot[PATH_MAX] field — --dhcp-boot foo now stores into custom_opts[] as code 67 (same as --dhcp-opt 67,foo)
> 
> ---
>  conf.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
> index ce78af1..f7281e2 100644
> --- a/conf.c
> +++ b/conf.c
> @@ -618,6 +618,7 @@ static void usage(const char *name, FILE *f, int status)
>  		"    a single, empty option disables the DNS search list\n"
>  		"  -H, --hostname NAME 	Hostname to configure client with\n"
>  		"  --fqdn NAME		FQDN to configure client with\n"
> +		"  --dhcp-boot URL	Boot file URL for network boot\n"
>  		"  --dhcp-opt CODE,VAL	Set DHCP option by code\n");
>  	if (strstr(name, "pasta"))
>  		FPRINTF(f, "    default: don't use any search list\n");
> @@ -1239,6 +1240,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
>  		{"migrate-no-linger", no_argument,	NULL,		30 },
>  		{"stats", required_argument,		NULL,		31 },
>  		{"conf-path",	required_argument,	NULL,		'c' },
> +		{"dhcp-boot", required_argument,	NULL,		32 },
>  		{"dhcp-opt", required_argument,		NULL,		33 },
>  		{ 0 },
>  	};
> @@ -1475,6 +1477,9 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
>  				die("Can't display statistics if not running in foreground");
>  			c->stats = strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
>  			break;
> +		case 32:
> +			dhcp_add_option(c, 67, optarg);
> +			break;
>  		case 33:
>  			comma = strchr(optarg, ',');
>  			if (!comma)

-- 
Stefano