From: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
To: passt-dev@passt.top, anskuma@redhat.com, sbrivio@redhat.com
Cc: jmaloy@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, lvivier@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/4] Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt options
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:52:34 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617132243.1499556-1-anskuma@redhat.com> (raw)
This series adds support for custom DHCP options in passt, enabling
network boot (PXE/UEFI HTTP Boot) and arbitrary DHCP option injection.
Two new command-line flags are introduced:
--dhcp-boot URL Sets the boot file URL (DHCP option 67 and the
legacy boot file field)
--dhcp-opt CODE,VALUE
Sets any DHCP option by numeric code, with
type-aware parsing per RFC 2132
The DHCP reply path is extended with option overload support (RFC 2132
option 52), allowing options to overflow into the file and sname fields
when the standard options area is full.
v4:
Restructured series from 6 patches to 4:
- 1/4 refactor fill_one()
- 2/4 option overload
- 3/4 --dhcp-opt with parser and man page
- 4/4 --dhcp-boot with man page
Anshu Kumari (4):
dhcp: Refactor fill_one() to operate on a generic buffer
dhcp: Add option overload
dhcp: Add --dhcp-opt with option table and value parser
conf: Add --dhcp-boot command-line option
conf.c | 50 ++++++++-
dhcp.c | 321 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
dhcp.h | 2 +
passt.1 | 49 +++++++++
passt.h | 6 ++
5 files changed, 407 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
--
2.54.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-17 13:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-17 13:22 Anshu Kumari [this message]
2026-06-17 13:22 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] dhcp: Refactor fill_one() to operate on a generic buffer Anshu Kumari
2026-06-17 13:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] dhcp: Add option overload Anshu Kumari
2026-06-17 13:22 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] dhcp: Add --dhcp-opt with option table and value parser Anshu Kumari
2026-06-17 13:22 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] conf: Add --dhcp-boot command-line option Anshu Kumari
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