On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 06:52:38PM +0530, Anshu Kumari wrote:
> 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>

Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>

> ---
> 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
> 

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