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 4/4] conf: Add --dhcp-boot command-line option
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:52:38 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260617132243.1499556-5-anskuma@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260617132243.1499556-1-anskuma@redhat.com>
Add a convenience shorthand --dhcp-boot FILE that sets the boot file
name (DHCP option 67) for network boot. This is equivalent to
--dhcp-opt 67,FILE.
Link: https://bugs.passt.top/show_bug.cgi?id=192
Signed-off-by: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
---
v4:
- Changed argument name from URL to FILE in usage and man page.
- Fixed UEFI HTTP boot wording in man page
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 +++++
passt.1 | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index 836b297..f100e0b 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 FILE Boot file name for network boot\n"
" --dhcp-opt CODE,VAL Set DHCP option CODE to VAL\n");
if (strstr(name, "pasta"))
FPRINTF(f, " default: don't use any search list\n");
@@ -1258,6 +1259,7 @@ 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, 33 },
{"dhcp-opt", required_argument, NULL, 34 },
{ 0 },
};
@@ -1496,6 +1498,9 @@ 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 33:
+ conf_dhcp_option(c, 67, optarg);
+ break;
case 34:
comma = strchr(optarg, ',');
if (!comma)
diff --git a/passt.1 b/passt.1
index ccdcbb2..f2341ef 100644
--- a/passt.1
+++ b/passt.1
@@ -430,6 +430,13 @@ Send \fIname\fR as DHCP option 12 (hostname).
FQDN to configure the client with.
Send \fIname\fR as Client FQDN: DHCP option 81 and DHCPv6 option 39.
+.TP
+.BR \-\-dhcp-boot " " \fIfile
+Convenience shorthand for \fB\-\-dhcp-opt\fR 67,\fIfile\fR.
+Sets the boot file name (DHCP option 67) for network boot.
+For UEFI HTTP boot, the vendor class identifier also needs to be set using
+\fB\-\-dhcp-opt\fR 60,HTTPClient.
+
.TP
.BR \-\-dhcp-opt " " \fICODE\fR,\fIVALUE\fR
Set DHCP option \fICODE\fR (1\-254) to \fIVALUE\fR. The value format depends
--
2.54.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-17 13:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-17 13:22 [PATCH v4 0/4] Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt options Anshu Kumari
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 ` Anshu Kumari [this message]
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