[klibc] PATCH: ipconfig may discard useful packets

[H. Peter Anvin]

Άλκης Γεωργόπουλος wrote:
> 
> Proposal:
> ---------
> I'd like to only implement (2), I think it's the most powerful and
> simple implementation, and it doesn't need *any* new command line
> parameters.
> So I'll be defining
>   #define IPCONFIG_DHCP_OPTION 176
> and in /etc/dhcpd.conf an administrator would do
>   option space ipconfig;
>   option ipconfig-encap-opts code 176 = encapsulate ipconfig;
>   option ipconfig.priority code 1 = signed integer 8;
> 
>   option ipconfig.priority 1;
> 
> Also, I'll be modifying ipconfig to wait for 1 second to collect offers,
> always keeping the one with the higher ipconfig.priority value.
> If you like, I may put a command line option for how much to wait (or
> don't wait at all if not defined), but I don't think it's necessary.
> 
> Peter, are you interested in any of these?
> 

I think (2) is way too specific to your particular usage.

(1) and (3) is better, in my opinion; (1) is probably best simply by 
having precedence in dhclient.  Furthermore, you don't want to add delay 
if the user doesn't request it; people are seriously starting to count 
seconds in bootup.

	-hpa