[Kea-users] "filename" vs "option bootfile-name"

[Patrik Lundin]

On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 05:50:48PM +0200, Patrik Lundin wrote:
> 
> There is one thing that confuses me: If the "file" field in the DHCP
> header is considered deprecated on favor of option 67, why does kea
> support the "next-server" option for setting siaddr? Shouldnt it depend
> on option 66 (TFTP server name) instead?
> 

Ugh, sorry about the confusion. Option 66 is supposed to replace
"sname", not "siaddr".

I am still a bit confused regarding the deprecation state of "file",
since RFC2132 states the following:
===
9.5 Bootfile name

   This option is used to identify a bootfile when the 'file' field in
   the DHCP header has been used for DHCP options.

   The code for this option is 67, and its minimum length is 1.
===

This reads to me as if the option should only be used if the 'file' field is
already being used for options.

-- 
Patrik Lundin