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Re: [dhcwg] draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-opt-netboot-05 - how to proceed?



Wow, a lot to think about. I guess we should have had this discussion a year ago - I'm sorry for not doing more to make it happen earlier.

I like the idea of getting rid of the priority entirely, and that makes sense if the bootfiles are all the same. And since there's no way to differentiate between them, it makes sense that they are the same. However, mentioning PXE and yaboot does point out a problem with this approach: it failed last time. We wound up with yaboot options that were allocated without a draft or contact with the IANA, and PXE was a bit of a mess too.

So let me ask you this: suppose we took out the priority option, and only allowed a single boot parameters option. Would that draft be something that people here would actually use as it was? Or would they find themselves adding extensions?