From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:20:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:20:35 -0500 Received: from relay1.soft.net ([164.164.128.17]:21923 "EHLO cyclops.soft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:20:22 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Abdij Bhat" To: Subject: Kernel Level DHCP Versus udhcp Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:22:08 -0000 Message-ID: <001c01c1cc56$b38a3ec0$8134aa88@cam.pace.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I am deploying a Linux Network Stack. I am supposed to use a stable, fully featured, RFC compliant, small memory foot-print DHCP client for an embedded system. We had converged on udhcp for the client. But I have found that there is a DCHP client implemented in the Linux Kernel ( Version 2.2.x or later ). This I believe can be configured by choosing the "Kernel level autoconfiguration". I have however practically no documentation on the Kernel DHCP Client. I do not know how buggy it is, is it a fully featured DHCP client or is it just a boot level DHCP client used for remote booting etc. Can some body help me with this. I believe it is used only for the remote booting, with the documentation currently available to me. How correct am I? Can I replace the udhcp client with this one? How much of a change will I need to do for the replacement? I am totally confused.... Please help... Thanks and regards, Abdij