[gPXE] Fwd: Re: [dhcwg] Reminder: WGLC on draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-07

[Kyle Kienapfel]

I haven't read up on IPv6 or DHCPv6 all that much, but recently in
IPv4 land I've been getting good use out of a Proxy DHCP server. I
didn't see any mention of a similar function.

IPv6 consumer router + separate server for diskless booting = happiness

Theres only one boot-file. I guess for booting a kernel and initrd off
of http using not-gPXE, the solution will be to tape the kernel and
initrd together like mknbi does? Or chainload to gPXE like we do now.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Marty Connor <mdc at etherboot.org> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> There is an internet RFC related to network booting protocols an IPv6 at:
>
>   http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-08
>
> Please take a look and say what you think if you have an opinion.
>
> It's pretty straight foward, and I think it is a logical extension to
> what we are doing with gPXE IPv4 support.
>
> Thanks,
>
> / Marty /
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [dhcwg] Reminder: WGLC on draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-07
> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:08:29 -0500
> From: Marty Connor <mdc at etherboot.org>
> To: Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon at nominum.com>
> CC: dhcwg at ietf.org WG <dhcwg at ietf.org>
>
> On 1/19/10 12:46 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:
>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 10:53 AM, Ted Lemon wrote:
>>> The authors of the netboot draft believe it is ready for
>>> publication, with the exception of some small edits that have been
>>> proposed on the mailing list, and have asked for a last call.
>>
>> We got dead silence in response to this working group last call.
>> Does this mean that nobody wants a netboot option for DHCPv6, or is
>> there something wrong with the draft?
>
> Hi Ted,
>
> I've taken a look at
>
>   http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-08
>
> and it seems fine.
>
> Right now our gPXE network booting software (IPv4) allows URIs in
> filenames and root-paths and permits SAN (iSCSI and AoE), tftp, http,
> https, and ftp booting.
>
> We are working on IPv6 support, and what's in the drafts seems like
> logical extensions to current practice.
>
> I'm sending a pointer to this draft to our developers lists for
> comments, and will let you know what additional feedback I get.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> / Marty /
>
> Project Leader, Etherboot Project
> http://etherboot.org/
> http://rom-o-matic.net/
>
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