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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:57:17 -0700
From: Shane Hathaway <shane@hathawaymix.org>
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To: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure MTU via kernel DHCP
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Herbert Xu wrote:
> Shane Hathaway <shane@hathawaymix.org> wrote:
> 
>>The attached patch enhances the kernel's DHCP client support (in 
>>net/ipv4/ipconfig.c) to set the interface MTU if provided by the DHCP server.  
>>Without this patch, it's difficult to netboot on a network that uses jumbo 
>>frames.  The patch is based on 2.6.10, but I'll update it to the latest 
>>testing kernel if that would expedite its inclusion in the kernel.
> 
> 
> Have you looked at using initramfs and running the DHCP client in
> user space? You'll get a lot more freedom that way.

Hey, that's a good idea.  I'll explore it.

Shane

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