Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 13:26:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r318991 - head/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr Message-ID: <201705271326.v4RDQI5L017158@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bapt Date: Sat May 27 13:26:18 2017 New Revision: 318991 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/318991 Log: Document recent changes on pxeboot Modified: head/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeboot.8 Modified: head/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeboot.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeboot.8 Sat May 27 12:46:46 2017 (r318990) +++ head/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeboot.8 Sat May 27 13:26:18 2017 (r318991) @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 16, 2017 +.Dd May 27, 2017 .Dt PXEBOOT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ configured to run under Intel's Preboot PXE is a form of smart boot ROM, built into Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 and 3Com 3c905c Ethernet cards, and Ethernet-equipped Intel motherboards. PXE supports DHCP configuration and provides low-level NIC access services. +.Pp +The DHCP client will set a DHCP user class named +.Va FREEBSD +to allow flexible configuration of the dhcp server. +.Pp The .Nm bootloader retrieves the kernel, modules, @@ -69,6 +74,9 @@ max-lease-time 120; subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { filename "pxeboot"; range 10.0.0.10 10.0.0.254; + if exists user-class and option user-class = "FREEBSD" { + option root-path "tftp://10.0.0.1/FreeBSD"; + } } .Ed @@ -85,6 +93,27 @@ expects to fetch .Pa /boot/loader.rc from the specified server before loading any other files. .Pp +Valid +.Va option root-path +Syntax is the following +.Bl -tag -width <scheme>://ip/path indent +.It /path +path to the root filesystem on the NFS server +.It ip:/path +path to the root filesystem on the NFS server +.Ar ip +.It nfs:/path +path to the root filesystem on the NFS server +.It nfs://ip/path +path to the root filesystem on the NFS server +.Ar ip +.It tftp:/path +path to the root filesystem on the TFTP server +.It tftp://ip/path +path to the root filesystem on the TFTP server +.Ar ip +.El +.Pp .Nm defaults to a conservative 1024 byte NFS data packet size. This may be changed by setting the
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