IP configuration, such as that, has been relegated to userland, where it
belongs. There exists (somewhere, i am sure) a userspace dhcp client for IP
configuration.
So, yes, kernel-level IP autoconfiguration is gone forever -- but the
alternative userspace implementation is the Right Thing.
Alexandre STEFANI quipped:
<snip>
> On the 2.2.16 kernel, I could choose "IP; kernel level
> autoconfiguration" and then choose "DHCP", "BOOTP" or "ARP". I made
> successfull experiments with BOOTP and DHCP but the latter brought very
> interesting things to my work.
> I tried the 2.3 and 2.4 kernels, but this feature seems to have
> disapear.
> Does anyone know why or knows if DHCP autoconfiguration is abandonned
> forever.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Alexandre.
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