From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top, lvivier@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/6] Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt options
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 08:03:14 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111080313.689b96cb@elisabeth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261026105659.1585444-1-anskuma@redhat.com>
On Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:26:52 +0530
Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> RFC 3396 option splitting for concatenation-requiring options has also
> been introduce as a separate patch.
Applied, sorry for the delay!
--
Stefano
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 7:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-26 10:56 Anshu Kumari
2026-10-26 10:56 ` [PATCH v8 1/6] dhcp: Refactor fill_one() to operate on a generic buffer Anshu Kumari
2026-10-26 10:56 ` [PATCH v8 2/6] dhcp: Add option configuration tracking with enum opt_conf Anshu Kumari
2026-10-26 10:56 ` [PATCH v8 3/6] dhcp: Add --dhcp-opt with option table and value parser Anshu Kumari
2026-10-26 10:56 ` [PATCH v8 4/6] dhcp: Add --dhcp-boot command-line option Anshu Kumari
2026-10-26 10:56 ` [PATCH v8 5/6] dhcp: Add option overload Anshu Kumari
2026-10-26 10:56 ` [PATCH v8 6/6] dhcp: Add RFC 3396 option splitting for concatenation-requiring options Anshu Kumari
2026-11-11 7:03 ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
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