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Date:      Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:58:17 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@execmail.com>
To:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   DHCP bpf alternatives
Message-ID:  <199902091658.JAA20395@rembrandt.esys.ca>

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An alternative to dhclient and bpf would be to add an ioctl that would
force an interface to initiate a DHCP configuration. This would allow
for something like:

	ifconfig ep0 dhcp

Of course, this means moving the entire DHCP state engine into the
kernel ...

--lyndon

	


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