Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:20:48 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dhcp boot was: Re: diskless workstation Message-ID: <200009251920.e8PJKmA13875@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:58:32 %2B0300." <E13dV1s-0006JQ-00@sexta.cs.huji.ac.il>
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> }> what's in a name ;-) > }> the dhcp.xxx stuff is easy, the problem is that the DHCP options are not > }> enough, so im trying to look into defining a FBSDclass ala PXEClient, and > }> supplying stuff like usr-ip/usr-path swap-ip/swap-path or whatever. > } > > ok, so now i can setenv(dhc.xxx, val). > > I would very much like to make them available as sysctl dhcp.xxx, the only > problem, is that the sysctl interface is prety much static, so has anybody > lookeed into making it 'dynamic'?, ie: malloc'ing structs and linking them > into the mid ... If you are setting stuff in the loader environment, you can get it back after the system has booted with 'kenv'. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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