From f19bcc9dd3a792b6befe6feb5fc23c87afa6854d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timo Rothenpieler Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:08:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update DHCPv4 doc in regards to LPF IB support --- doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst b/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst index d47f55c866..48d1c655e0 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/arm/dhcp4-srv.rst @@ -7921,9 +7921,11 @@ are clearly marked as such. headers (including data link layer, IP, and UDP headers) are created and parsed by Kea, rather than by the system kernel. Currently, Kea can only parse the data-link layer headers with a format adhering to - the IEEE 802.3 standard, and assumes this data-link-layer header + the IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) standard, and assumes this data-link-layer header format for all interfaces. Thus, Kea does not work on interfaces - which use different data-link-layer header formats (e.g. Infiniband). + which use different data-link-layer header formats, with the exception of + LPF being able to handle InfiniBand framing, thus enabling Kea to serve + these kind of interfaces on Linux. .. _dhcp4-srv-examples: