From: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
To: Anshu Kumari <anskuma@redhat.com>
Cc: sbrivio@redhat.com, passt-dev@passt.top, lvivier@redhat.com,
jmaloy@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt options
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 15:30:41 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <agv1gV2xXZPZzUIS@zatzit> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260518132002.418296-1-anskuma@redhat.com>
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On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 06:49:56PM +0530, Anshu Kumari 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.
>
> *** BLURB HERE ***
Nit: remember to remove this boilerplate that git-publish inserts :)
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Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-18 13:19 Anshu Kumari
2026-05-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 1/6] conf: Add --dhcp-opt command-line option Anshu Kumari
2026-05-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 2/6] conf: Add --dhcp-boot " Anshu Kumari
2026-05-18 13:19 ` [PATCH 3/6] dhcp: Add option type table and value parser Anshu Kumari
2026-05-18 13:20 ` [PATCH 4/6] dhcp: Refactor fill_one() to operate on a generic buffer Anshu Kumari
2026-05-18 13:20 ` [PATCH 5/6] dhcp: Add option overload Anshu Kumari
2026-05-18 13:20 ` [PATCH 6/6] doc: Add --dhcp-boot and --dhcp-opt to man page Anshu Kumari
2026-05-19 6:11 ` [PATCH 5/6] dhcp: Add option overload David Gibson
2026-05-19 6:02 ` [PATCH 4/6] dhcp: Refactor fill_one() to operate on a generic buffer David Gibson
2026-05-19 5:59 ` [PATCH 3/6] dhcp: Add option type table and value parser David Gibson
2026-05-19 5:35 ` [PATCH 2/6] conf: Add --dhcp-boot command-line option David Gibson
2026-05-19 5:33 ` [PATCH 1/6] conf: Add --dhcp-opt " David Gibson
2026-05-19 5:30 ` David Gibson [this message]
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