[syslinux] [RFC, PATCH] core/pxe: Add architecture-specific discovery request for PXE config file

[Gene Cumm]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>>> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/s1-netboot-pxe-config-efi.html
>>
>> Don, thanks for the reference.  If Jeremy is doing this, then the
>> dhcpd DOES INFACT know EXACTLY what it's booting and can easily use
>> different directories.
>
> This approach is what I'd prefer to do (modifying DHCP lease parameters
> in response to the DHCP client architecture field) because it's much
> cleaner. However, is this the only accepted approach? Do we want to
> support folks who don't want to modify the DHCP server config?
>
> The reason I ask is that some provisioning tools, eg MaaS, don't assume
> control of the DHCP server.

This is an interesting point.

HPA's point about supporting macros would also solve the issue of
incompatible COM32s by conditionally selecting different PATHs.

-- 
-Gene