dhcpcd-discuss

Hi Folks,

Question - I have a scenario, where I would like to request a new IP (but
not to renew it).
In this scenario, I stop dhcpcd before running a new DHCP request.
The platform is Android (recent JB) and from what I see, dhcpcd take the
current IP (not sure where does it take it from, maybe from
dhcp.wlan0.ipaddress system property ?) and use this IP in the request
packet.
In this specific scenario, the target DHCPD server is not the same one
giving this IP to the client so it remains silent. (this is by the spec
IMO).
client backs off for 10 second and start again with DISCOVER. From this
point everything goes as it should be.

Is there a way to tell dhcpcd to start with DISCOVER instead of attempting
to (re)use the previous IP?

Any pointers for this? I can add an option for that and stick it in
if-options.c:parse_option to make it configurable.

Thanks in advance,
- Kobi