[syslinux] [Etherboot-developers] gPxe functionality in pxelinux

[H. Peter Anvin]

Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> 
> The following patch appends the DHCP Domain Name setting to relative
> names.  Any name with one or more "." is considered qualified and is
> not affected.
> 
> DNS experts, please advise whether this is correct!  Pointers to the
> relevant RFCs or source appreciated.
> 

Technically, you are supposed to search first the unqualified name, then 
with various append bits one after the other.

In practice, what you're doing above is just fine, especially for a boot 
loader.  That is what I do in syslinux as well.

	-hpa