[syslinux] [PATCH 0/1] EFI PXE DHCP/proxyDHCP issues fix
Gene Cumm
gene.cumm at gmail.com
Tue May 26 17:06:18 PDT 2015
On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
> In the current code, there's three calls to parse_dhcp().
> 3) With PxeReply. The intention here was to grab the advanced
> server-provided parameters for network booting like the file and
> server to grab it from.
>
> The code of #3 is currently wrong as it ignores ProxyOffer. I'm not
> arguing this needs to be patched.
A patch has been pushed that addresses just this portion.
Thinking now, examining the older BIOS code may offer better insight
into why someone wanted to parse DhcpDiscover.
--
-Gene
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