[syslinux] dhcprelease in pxelinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

Rajeev Agrawala wrote:
>
>> It would definitely be better if you could get your DHCP server to 
>> service the public addresses; if not, I would suggest having the OS 
>> send DHCPRELEASE at OS boot time (typically before configuring the 
>> static address) by going though a DHCP request-release cycle; dhclient 
>> can do this, for example (dhclient -1 && dhclient -r).
> 
> OS sending DHCPRELEASE is an option. But would be great if pxelinux 
> could do it as part of LOCALBOOT option. If the Locally boot OS needs an 
> IP address, it is going to do a DHCPDISCOVER/DHCPREQUEST anyways.
> 

Most people would complain about getting different addresses.  Sorry, I 
really think it's doing more harm than good.

	-hpa