[syslinux] is substitution possible?

[Ferenc Wagner]

"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
>
>> But the TFTP server has no information but the IP of its client.
>> That means it would need to maintain a separate mapping from IP-s
>> to the client specific data, very similar to the DHCP
>> configuration.  That sounds like unnecessary scattering of data.
>
> It again all depends on the client-specific data you're looking for.

Host name, for my present problem.  I'd aim to be more generic,
though, if I decide to code up something.

> There is actually a third option, which I forgot yesterday; you could
> write a custom com32 module (in C) that would be run client-side by
> pxelinux; that can control pxelinux in any way you want.

That sounds like a viable option!  The samples in the source seem
enough to get me started.
-- 
Thanks,
Feri.