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Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] normal/main: Search for specific config files for net


From: Daniel Kiper
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/5] normal/main: Search for specific config files for netboot
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:40:27 +0100
User-agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2)

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 12:01:55PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> From: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <address@hidden>
>
> This patch implements a search for a specific configuration when the config
> file is on a remoteserver. It uses the following order:
>    1) DHCP client UUID option.
>    2) MAC address (in lower case hexadecimal with dash separators);
>    3) IP (in upper case hexadecimal) or IPv6;
>    4) The original grub.cfg file.
>
> This procedure is similar to what is used by pxelinux and yaboot:
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#config
>
> It is enabled by default but can be disabled by setting the environment
> variable 'feature_net_search_cfg' to 'n' in an embedded configuration.
>
> Fixes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873406
>
> Signed-off-by: Paulo Flabiano Smorigo <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <address@hidden>

Daniel



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