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List:       grub-help
Subject:    Re: Can GRUB2 request netboot config based on client MAC or IP?
From:       Andrew Davidoff <davidoff () qedmf ! net>
Date:       2013-06-23 19:52:13
Message-ID: CAJLXCZQM=85LLvL=Q_f2CF_iJsAVkm627uSK9Fkigu4X9XcyuQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, you are right, configfile opened new context and net_* variables
> are non-global by default. To propagate you would need to export all of the
> net_default_interface, net_${net_default_interface}_mac and
> net_default_mac.
>
> The same problem would be in submenu which also opens new context.
>
> I do not see any reason to restrict these variables to local scope so I
> submitted patch to export all of them by default.

Thanks Andrey. I will keep an eye out for the patch.

Andy


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