[Dnsmasq-discuss] [PATCH v2] Add --dhcp-reply-delay option to delay DHCP replies

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sun Apr 9 23:09:46 BST 2017


On 30/03/17 12:38, Floris Bos wrote:
> Adds option to delay replying to DHCP packets by one or more seconds.
> This provides a workaround for a PXE boot firmware implementation
> that has a bug causing it to fail if it receives a (proxy) DHCP
> reply instantly.
> 
> On Linux it looks up the exact receive time of the UDP packet with
> the SIOCGSTAMP ioctl to prevent multiple delays if multiple packets
> come in around the same time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Floris Bos <bos at je-eigen-domein.nl>

Committed, with a minor change for logging.

Cheers,

Simon.




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