>         At the very least it would be nice to retain the BOOTP
>         functionality longer term - I believe the kernel should be
>         able to use BOOTP/DHCPD and the option would be nice for those
>         who already run a DHCPD server and do not want to run a
>         rarpd/bootparamd as well.. :)
> 
Correct, and to generate in both in the kernel ``should just work''.
It may be possible to make the boot program use both of them also.

-- Ragge