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RE: [dhcwg] WG last call on draft-ietf-dhc-pxe-options-00.txt

"Bernie Volz" <volz@metrocast.net> Tue, 14 October 2003 00:32 UTC

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From: Bernie Volz <volz@metrocast.net>
To: michael.johnston@intel.com, 'Ralph Droms' <rdroms@cisco.com>, dhcwg@ietf.org
Subject: RE: [dhcwg] WG last call on draft-ietf-dhc-pxe-options-00.txt
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 20:31:08 -0400
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While I otherwise support this draft and would like to see it advance, I
would request that the use of "suboption" be changed to "option". In common
usage within DHCP, if an option can carry multiple tuples of data, these are
referred to as suboptions and it would be good not to confuse this
terminology (this draft talks of options, not suboptions). Thus, all
instances of 'suboption' / 'suboptions' in the draft should be replaced with
'option' / 'options'.

Do we also need some language in the introduction section that clearly
indicates that these options are in wide use as defined by the PXE
specification [reference 4 in the draft] and are being documented in this
draft for completeness within the IETF?

- Bernie

-----Original Message-----
From: dhcwg-admin@ietf.org [mailto:dhcwg-admin@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Ralph
Droms
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 8:46 AM
To: dhcwg@ietf.org
Subject: [dhcwg] WG last call on draft-ietf-dhc-pxe-options-00.txt


This message announces a WG last call on "DHCP Preboot eXecution Environment
(PXE) Suboptions" <draft-ietf-dhc-pxe-options-00.txt>.  The last call will
conclude at 5PM ET on Friday, 10/24/2003.

Please respond to this WG last call.  If you support acceptance of the
document without change, respond with a simple acknowledgment, so that
support for the document can be assessed.

draft-ietf-dhc-pxe-options-00.txt documents three DHCP options that are in
common use by PXE.  These options uniquely identify booting client machines
and their pre-OS runtime environment so the DHCP and/or PXE boot server can
return the correct OS bootstrap image (or pre-boot application) name and
server to the client. This draft is available as
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-pxe-options-00.txt

- Ralph Droms 


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