Re: [arch-releng] [PATCH 3/4] fall back to ipconfig output for boot interface

[Christian Hesse]

Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi <vmlinuz...@gmail.com> on Fri, 2016/05/27 13:53:
> On 05/26/16 18:53, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > From: Christian Hesse <m...@eworm.de>
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Hesse <m...@eworm.de>
> > ---
> >  archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common
> > b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common index cedf585..adadefc 100644
> > --- a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common
> > +++ b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso_pxe_common
> > @@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ run_hook () {
> >  
> >          pxeserver=${ROOTSERVER}
> >  
> > +   # If neither BOOTIF nor bootif_mac have been set from bootloader
> > we do
> > +       # not know the boot interface, yet. Get it from ipconfig output
> > now.
> > +   if [[ -z "${bootif_dev}" ]]; then
> > +           bootif_dev="${DEVICE}"
> > +   fi
> > +
> >          # setup DNS resolver
> >          if [[ "${IPV4DNS0}" != "0.0.0.0" ]]; then
> >              echo "nameserver ${IPV4DNS0}" > /etc/resolv.conf
> >   
> 
> I guess this is not needed (not that you know about BOOTIF=), right?

My setup works without now and users of pxelinux and iPXE are fine.

Are there any other pxe boot loaders that do not support giving mac address
via boot parameter?
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