Subject: Re: README: changes to config, to support dump device configuration
To: None <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/16/1997 15:45:22
> > Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 21:29:30 +0200 (MET DST)
> > From: Matthias Drochner <drochner@zelux6.zel.kfa-juelich.de>
> 
> > We have to decide how to express "root server" in bootp.
> > Simply using the bootp server is bad (at least in my
> > environment).
> 
> The server IP address is given in this field of a reply:
> 	struct in_addr bp_siaddr;
> Is there any problem with using that?

I'm not sure if there was confusion about the above field, but
it is NOT supposed to be filled in with the IP address of the
BOOTP server, but the IP address of the TFTP server the client
should talk to after it receives an acceptable BOOTP reply.
(FYI)

Gordon