.. _hooks-bootp:
-BOOTP: Support for BOOTP Clients
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+``bootp`: Support for BOOTP Clients
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-The ``bootp`` hook library adds support for BOOTP with vendor-information extensions
+This hook library adds support for BOOTP with vendor-information extensions
(`RFC 1497 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1497>`__). Received BOOTP
requests are recognized, translated into DHCPREQUEST packets by adding
a ``dhcp-message-type`` option, and put into the "BOOTP" client class.