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Date:      Sat, 14 Mar 1998 01:45:43 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Tor Egge <tegge@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/conf LINT         src/sys/nfs bootp_subr.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980314014401.1171A-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <199803140413.UAA01902@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Tor Egge wrote:
>   Add a BOOTP_WIRED_TO option, for use on machines with multiple network
>   cards where the first detected card should not be used for bootp.
>   Submitted by:	Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@whistle.com>

Wouldn't a more generic (and useful) solution be to send out bootp
requests from all interfaces and use the first reply?  Hardcoding each
kernel in a multiplatform enviornment would be a major PITA.

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