Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 03 Feb 2005 09:57:17 -0700 | From | Shane Hathaway <> | 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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