Re: DHCP

William Lee Irwin III (wli@holomorphy.com)
Mon, 19 May 2003 19:54:10 -0700

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On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 10:46:07PM -0400, Gerald Stuhrberg wrote:
> I was just wondering if anyone had plans to implement a DHCP client in
> the kernel.Something that would listen for an ip that could be loaded as
> a module. --Just an idea-- Im not an experienced C programmer but would
> like to mess with this idea. If anyone has any ideas for more info
> please email them to me.

This is what early userspace is supposed to be for. IIRC there is a
stripped down dhcp client for booting off an nfsroot already there.

-- wli
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