From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 9 08:27:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA05498 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:27:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rembrandt.esys.ca (rembrandt.esys.ca [198.161.92.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA05491 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:27:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lyndon@execmail.com) Received: from execmail.com (zappa.esys.ca [198.161.92.28]) by rembrandt.esys.ca (2.1/8.9.1/Execmail 2.1) with ESMTP id JAA20153 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:27:48 -0700 Message-Id: <199902091627.JAA20153@rembrandt.esys.ca> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:27:44 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ To: current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4735.918536634@zippy.cdrom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 8 Feb, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> These should be left has ports. > > Can't really get away with that anymore - too many people require > DHCP for very basic bootstrapping. To insert some reality into this discussion, a quick survey at the office shows: Platform Has DHCP -------------------------------- Irix 6.5 Yes Solaris 2.5.1 No HP/UX 10.20 Yes Linux (RH 5.x) Yes AIX 4.2 Yes BSD/OS 4.0 Yes FreeBSD 2.X, 3.X No A "yes" means "ships with the base OS." I'll also note that the ASUS motherboards I use in our servers have BOOTP in the BIOS to support net booting via the onboard Intel Pro/100 interfaces. It's time to get out of the stone age, folks. --lyndon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message