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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Search for specific config files using UUID, MAC and IP


From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Search for specific config files using UUID, MAC and IP
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 10:00:36 +0200
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Hello Daniel,

On 10/15/19 4:37 PM, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 05, 2019 at 12:44:24AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This series contains some patches that have been carried in Fedora (and
>> other distros) for a long time. It allows to fetch GRUB configurations
>> that are customized for each machine by using the client UUID, MAC and
>> IP addresses as suffixes for the grub.cfg file.
>>
>> This procedure is similar to what is used by pxelinux and yaboot:
>> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/PXELINUX#config
>>
>> Patch #1 sets net_<interface>_client{id,uuid} environment variables by
>> using the DHCP client ID and UUID options if these are found.
>>
>> Patch #2 adds a %X format specifier to make the grub_printf() function
>> more similar to printf() and not require to use %x plus grub_toupper().
>>
>> Finally Patch #3 adds the support to fetch the config files using the
>> UUID, MAC and IP as suffixes. If these aren't found, the default GRUB
>> config filename is used as a fallback.
> 
> Except some nitpicks LGTM. You can repost the patch series or I can
> fix these minor things before applying.
>

Thanks for the feedback. I've posted a v2 that addresses all the issues
you pointed out. Please let me know if anything else is missing.

> Daniel
> 

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Software Engineer - Desktop Hardware Enablement
Red Hat




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