From: Tomek Mrugalski <tomasz@isc.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:53:02 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: [3418] BOOTP limitation clarified.
X-Git-Tag: trac3473_base~12^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=73e6019d83760f0500890240e2e187dcd5e1e14c;p=thirdparty%2Fkea.git

[3418] BOOTP limitation clarified.
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diff --git a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
index 681e218f84..fc0305e679 100644
--- a/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
+++ b/doc/guide/dhcp4-srv.xml
@@ -1732,7 +1732,9 @@ temporarily override a list of interface names and listen on all interfaces.
       <para>These are the current limitations of the DHCPv4 server
       software. Most of them are reflections of the current stage of
       development and should be treated as <quote>not implemented
-      yet</quote>, rather than actual limitations.</para>
+      yet</quote>, rather than actual limitations. However, some of them
+      are implications of the design choices made. Those are clearly
+      marked as such.</para>
       <itemizedlist>
           <listitem> <!-- see tickets #3234, #3281 -->
             <simpara>
@@ -1750,7 +1752,7 @@ temporarily override a list of interface names and listen on all interfaces.
           <listitem>
             <simpara>
               BOOTP (<ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc951">RFC 951</ulink>)
-              is not supported.
+              is not supported. This is a design choice. BOOTP support is not planned.
             </simpara>
           </listitem>
           <listitem>
@@ -1770,7 +1772,8 @@ temporarily override a list of interface names and listen on all interfaces.
             <simpara>
               The server doesn't act upon expired leases. In particular,
               when a lease expires, the server doesn't request the removal
-              of the DNS records associated with it.
+              of the DNS records associated with it. Expired leases can be
+              recycled.
             </simpara>
           </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>