[gPXE] Static IP address setting in gPXE

[Gene Cumm]

2011/3/30 何闯 <justhechuang at 163.com>
>
> Dear all,
> For some reason, I want to set a static IP address for my gPXE bootloader.
> I first run a PXENV_GET_CACHED_INFO call in pxeprefix.S, and store the result in pxe_cached_dhcpack_data
> then I coded such( dhcp call is replaced by it ):
> ////////////////////////////////////BEGIN//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>     struct settings *parent;
>     union pxe_cached_info *info;
>     struct dhcp_packet pxe_cached_dhcpack;
>
>     info = (union pxe_cached_info *)phys_to_user(__from_data16(&pxe_cached_dhcpack_data));
>     info->dhcphdr.ciaddr= inet_addr("192.168.117.144");  //To set a static IP address for my bootloader
>     parent = netdev_settings( netdev );
>     dhcppkt_init( &pxe_cached_dhcpack,&info->dhcphdr, sizeof(*info));
>    register_settings( &pxe_cached_dhcpack.settings, parent );
> ////////////////////////////////////END/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> However, when I call route command in gPXE shell,  it seems that the IP address for the netdev still remains unchanged.
> see the picture:
>
> What's wrong is it?
> yours,
> soforth

This can be done from a script and is probably more reliable.
http://etherboot.org/wiki/scripting and
http://etherboot.org/wiki/commandline should provide reference.

Without an embedded script (
http://etherboot.org/wiki/scripting#embedded_images ), gPXE normally
executes autoboot ( http://etherboot.org/wiki/commandline#other ).

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-Gene

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