Re: DHCP kernel support
On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 10:25:32PM -0500 , Brian Almeida wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 03:23:34PM -0700, Erik Andersen wrote:
> > My point was that the _kernel_ as provided by the boot floppies wont run
> > DHCPCD at all. Try it. You will see something like the following:
> >
> > socket: Protocol not available - make sure CONFIG_PACKET and
> > CONFIG_FILTER are defined in your kernel configuration!
> >
> > Lack of _kernel_ support for DHCP is in my opinion, a bad thing. If folks
> > agree with me, I'll file a bug. Sorry I wasn't sufficiently clear (I was
> > very tired at the time).
> >
> > Anyway, do folks agree I should file a bug, or is there a good reason to
> > keep CONFIG_PACKET and CONFIG_FILTER out of the kernel?
> It was in the slink bootfloppies kernels, because I installed slink on my
> workbox my first week and installed dhcpcd and everything went without a
> hitch. Maybe Herbert cut it out due to space reservations?
No. 2.0.x kernels don't need this. It's written somewhere in dhcp docs,
dhcp-on-linux.txt
> I agree that DHCP kernel support is a _must_.
Definitely
Petr Čech
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