On 11.09.2017 15:58, Thomas Huth wrote: > On 11.09.2017 12:33, Viktor Mihajlovski wrote: >> Setting the client architecture DHCP option to 0x001f (s390 Basic) [1] >> allows the DHCP server to return a s390-specific bootfile if wanted. >> DHCP servers not configured for the option (or not yet recognizing the >> option value) will continue to work as they have done before. >> >> [1] https://www.iana.org/assignments/dhcpv6-parameters > > Ah, nice, you already registered a value for s390x :-) > May I ask what's the difference between "Basic" and "Extended" there? > sure, "Basic" stands for the "classic netboot", i.e. a single binary file is designated by the bootfile in the DHCP reply. "Extended" is the mode implemented by Dynamic Partition Manager, where the bootfile is some sort of configuration file. [...]
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