Messages in this thread | | | From | Herbert Xu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Configure MTU via kernel DHCP | Date | Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:45:24 +1100 |
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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.
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