Allow the TFP server or boot server in --pxe-service, to

 be a domain name instead of an IP address. This allows for
 round-robin to multiple servers, in the same way as
 --dhcp-boot.

CHANGELOG

@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ version 2.60
 	    Fix shell-scripting bug in bld/pkg-wrapper. Thanks to 
 	    Mark Mitchell for the patch.
 
+	    Allow the TFP server or boot server in --pxe-service, to
+	    be a domain name instead of an IP address. This allows for
+	    round-robin	to multiple servers, in the same way as
+	    --dhcp-boot. A good suggestion from Cristiano Cumer.
+
 	    
 version 2.59
             Fix regression in 2.58 which caused failure to start up

man/dnsmasq.8

@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ address, and setting this flag enables this mode. Note that in the
 sequential mode, clients which allow a lease to expire are much more
 likely to move IP address; for this reason it should not be generally used.
 .TP
-.B --pxe-service=[tag:<tag>,]<CSA>,<menu text>[,<basename>|<bootservicetype>][,<server address>]
+.B --pxe-service=[tag:<tag>,]<CSA>,<menu text>[,<basename>|<bootservicetype>][,<server address>|<server_name>]
 Most uses of PXE boot-ROMS simply allow the PXE
 system to obtain an IP address and then download the file specified by
 .B dhcp-boot
@@ -904,17 +904,19 @@ parameter after the menu text may be a file name, in which case dnsmasq acts as
 boot server and directs the PXE client to download the file by TFTP,
 either from itself (
 .B enable-tftp 
-must be set for this to work) or another TFTP server if the final IP
-address is given.
+must be set for this to work) or another TFTP server if the final server
+address/name is given.
 Note that the "layer"
 suffix (normally ".0") is supplied by PXE, and should not be added to
 the basename. If an integer boot service type, rather than a basename
 is given, then the PXE client will search for a
 suitable boot service for that type on the network. This search may be done
-by broadcast, or direct to a server if its IP address is provided.  
+by broadcast, or direct to a server if its IP address/name is provided.  
 If no boot service type or filename is provided (or a boot service type of 0 is specified)
 then the menu entry will abort the net boot procedure and
-continue booting from local media.
+continue booting from local media. The server address can be given as a domain
+name which is looked up in /etc/hosts. This name can be associated in
+/etc/hosts with multiple IP addresses, which are used round-robin.
 .TP
 .B --pxe-prompt=[tag:<tag>,]<prompt>[,<timeout>]
 Setting this provides a prompt to be displayed after PXE boot. If the

src/dnsmasq.h

@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ struct dhcp_boot {
 
 struct pxe_service {
   unsigned short CSA, type; 
-  char *menu, *basename;
+  char *menu, *basename, *sname;
   struct in_addr server;
   struct dhcp_netid *netid;
   struct pxe_service *next;

src/option.c

@@ -2384,6 +2384,7 @@ static char *one_opt(int option, char *arg, char *gen_prob, int command_line)
 	 static int boottype = 32768;
 	 
 	 new->netid = NULL;
+	 new->sname = NULL;
 	 new->server.s_addr = 0;
 
 	 while (is_tag_prefix(arg))
@@ -2430,10 +2431,17 @@ static char *one_opt(int option, char *arg, char *gen_prob, int command_line)
 			 new->basename = opt_string_alloc(arg);
 		       }
 		     
-		     if (comma && (new->server.s_addr = inet_addr(comma)) == (in_addr_t)-1)
-		       option = '?';
+		     if (comma)
+		       {
+			 if (!inet_pton(AF_INET, comma, &new->server))
+			   {
+			     new->server.s_addr = 0;
+			     new->sname = opt_string_alloc(comma);
+			   }
+		       
+		       }
 		   }
-
+		 
 		 /* Order matters */
 		 new->next = NULL;
 		 if (!daemon->pxe_services)

src/rfc2131.c

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static void match_vendor_opts(unsigned char *opt, struct dhcp_opt *dopt);
 static int do_encap_opts(struct dhcp_opt *opts, int encap, int flag, struct dhcp_packet *mess, unsigned char *end, int null_term);
 static void pxe_misc(struct dhcp_packet *mess, unsigned char *end, unsigned char *uuid);
 static int prune_vendor_opts(struct dhcp_netid *netid);
-static struct dhcp_opt *pxe_opts(int pxe_arch, struct dhcp_netid *netid, struct in_addr local);
+static struct dhcp_opt *pxe_opts(int pxe_arch, struct dhcp_netid *netid, struct in_addr local, time_t now);
 struct dhcp_boot *find_boot(struct dhcp_netid *netid);
 
   
@@ -799,7 +799,9 @@ size_t dhcp_reply(struct dhcp_context *context, char *iface_name, int int_index,
 	  
 	  mess->yiaddr = mess->ciaddr;
 	  mess->ciaddr.s_addr = 0;
-	  if (service->server.s_addr != 0)
+	  if (service->sname)
+	    mess->siaddr = a_record_from_hosts(service->sname, now);
+	  else if (service->server.s_addr != 0)
 	    mess->siaddr = service->server; 
 	  else
 	    mess->siaddr = context->local; 
@@ -868,7 +870,7 @@ size_t dhcp_reply(struct dhcp_context *context, char *iface_name, int int_index,
 		  option_put(mess, end, OPTION_SERVER_IDENTIFIER, INADDRSZ, htonl(context->local.s_addr));
 		  pxe_misc(mess, end, uuid);
 		  prune_vendor_opts(tagif_netid);
-		  do_encap_opts(pxe_opts(pxearch, tagif_netid, context->local), OPTION_VENDOR_CLASS_OPT, DHOPT_VENDOR_MATCH, mess, end, 0);
+		  do_encap_opts(pxe_opts(pxearch, tagif_netid, context->local, now), OPTION_VENDOR_CLASS_OPT, DHOPT_VENDOR_MATCH, mess, end, 0);
 		  
 		  log_packet("PXE", NULL, emac, emac_len, iface_name, ignore ? "proxy-ignored" : "proxy", mess->xid);
 		  log_tags(tagif_netid, mess);
@@ -2048,7 +2050,7 @@ static int prune_vendor_opts(struct dhcp_netid *netid)
   return force;
 }
 
-static struct dhcp_opt *pxe_opts(int pxe_arch, struct dhcp_netid *netid, struct in_addr local)
+static struct dhcp_opt *pxe_opts(int pxe_arch, struct dhcp_netid *netid, struct in_addr local, time_t now)
 {
 #define NUM_OPTS 4  
 
@@ -2105,8 +2107,9 @@ static struct dhcp_opt *pxe_opts(int pxe_arch, struct dhcp_netid *netid, struct
 	    return daemon->dhcp_opts;
 	  }
 	
-	boot_server = service->basename ? local : service->server;
-
+	boot_server = service->basename ? local : 
+	  (service->sname ? a_record_from_hosts(service->sname, now) : service->server);
+	
 	if (boot_server.s_addr != 0)
 	  {
 	    if (q - (unsigned char *)daemon->dhcp_buff3 + 3 + INADDRSZ >= 253)
@@ -2579,7 +2582,7 @@ static void do_options(struct dhcp_context *context,
   if (context && pxe_arch != -1)
     {
       pxe_misc(mess, end, uuid);
-      config_opts = pxe_opts(pxe_arch, tagif, context->local);
+      config_opts = pxe_opts(pxe_arch, tagif, context->local, now);
     }
 
   if ((force_encap || in_list(req_options, OPTION_VENDOR_CLASS_OPT)) &&