Re: [GITGRUB] Support PXE option and new command pxecfg

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

Bean wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
> <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
>> Hello. Could you send this as a patch?
>>     
>
> Hi,
>
> This function depends on my menu branch, it can't be applied to svn
> head, so patch file is not very useful.
>
>   
Could you explain me why PXE depends on menu?
>> Bean wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Extends pxe command:
>>>
>>> -i (--info)  now shows mac and dhcp options
>>> -e (--export)  export a dhcp option as grub variable, for example:
>>>
>>> pxe -e 150
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Why can't this be exported unconditionally on pxe system startup?
>>     
>
> Right, perhaps we can export PXE_IP, PXE_MAC and PXE_150 by default,
> but this function is also useful in case we need to use other string
> option.
>
>   
Is it possible just enumerate all available options and export them to
PXE.<option name> similarly to how we treat FreeBSD environment
>>> Set variable PXE_150 to the value of dhcp option 150, you can then use
>>> command like source to load it:
>>>
>>> source ${PXE_150}
>>>
>>> New command pxecfg, which allows you to run a command based on current 
>>> ip/mac:
>>>
>>> pxecfg /pxe.txt
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> What's wrong with standard if? I would prefer to extend "if" if
>> necessary rather than having ad-hoc command for every condition (later
>> is inexpandable)
>>     
>
> IIRC the test command can't compare partial string.
>
>   
We need an improvement to test command then. What about having
test <string> -regexp <regexp>


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