Shane Hathaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.

Cheers,
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