Re: Request for discussion: patch - remove "also request dhcpv6.server-id"

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Wed, 2014-07-16 at 22:38 +0200, Thomas Schäfer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As already observed in the thread "dhcpv6-problem"  some devices are confused 
> by option request dhcpv6.server-id.
>
> I looked a little bit in to RFC 3736 and 3315. But I still don't know what is 
> correct. 
> Do you need the server-id, in case they are more than one servers in your LAN?
>
> Is a empty server-id request a valid request? ( in case of a selection: does 
> empty mean all or nothing?)
>
> Why doesn't windows send this request?
>
> Because I don't see any disadvantages I propose to remove this request.
>
> At the moment I know three devices which would work with this patch.
> ZTE 823D
> ZTEMF93E
> alcatel one touch W800Z (tct-mobile) alias Telekom Speedsick LTE IV
>
> and I don't know any device which would stop working.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas Schäfer

Thanks for tracking this down!  I've pushed this to git master, 0.9.10,
and 0.9.8.

Dan