RE: RFC Patch [0/2] PXE Add support for proxy DHCP

[Mroczek, Joseph T]

> From Mroczek, Joseph T
> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 5:11 PM
> > From: Vladimir 'f-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
> > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 7:06 AM
> >
> > On 19.04.2014 02:26, Mroczek, Joseph T wrote:
> > > Hello:
> > >
> > > Currently, grub does not support getting boot server information
> > > from a
> > proxy DHCP server. This patch set adds this support for EFI. If the
> > approach is good, I will go back and create a i386-pc patch as well.
> > >
> > > It works by combining the contents from the two DHCP packets into a
> > single source. This seems simpler and cleaner than updating all the
> > DHCP code to work with multiple packets and juggling precedence across
> > all the options.
> > >
> > > Any help in getting this support into grub would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > We have patch for similar problem for i386-pc port (attached).
> > The main problem with it is that it wasn't tested. If you can confirm
> > that it works for EFI as well (after adaptations from your patch), we
> > could commit pxe2.diff and necessarry adaptations on top of it.
> > > ~joe
> 
> Attached is an updated version of the patch. It is against grub-2.02~beta2. I
> have tested the following environments: i386-pc-pxe, i386-efi, and x86_64-
> efi. All network variables except boot filename were set properly
> (expected), and I was able to continue boot normally. There is one caveat, I
> had to add the patch to correct routing behavior for the boot server that I
> previously proposed. I don’t feel that is relevant to the validity of this 
> patch.
> 
> Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist with integration of
> this support.
>

I don’t see this in the list of commits. Is there anything I can do to help 
this patch along?

~joe