From 0ecef40ba9c44e94f922f522264113035e4e106d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane Nehring <snehring@iastate.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 11:37:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adding dracut_static ipxe method

Signed-off-by: Shane Nehring <snehring@iastate.edu>
---
 CHANGELOG.md          |  1 +
 etc/ipxe/default.ipxe | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0b2b213f..17a55425 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Document configuring the arp cache for large clusters
 - Expand troubleshooting documentation for container runtimes
 - Ignore local coding agent files
+- Add dracut_static ipxe method
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/etc/ipxe/default.ipxe b/etc/ipxe/default.ipxe
index afcdafa7..643f99e9 100644
--- a/etc/ipxe/default.ipxe
+++ b/etc/ipxe/default.ipxe
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ item imgextract Single-stage with imgextract
 item initrd Single-stage with initrd
 item initrd_nocompress Single stage with initrd (no compression)
 item dracut Two stage with dracut
+item dracut_static Two stage with dracut and static ips
 item shell iPXE shell
 choose --default ${method} --timeout 2000 method && goto ${method} || goto menu
 
@@ -98,6 +99,17 @@ set dracut_net rd.neednet=1 {{range $devname, $netdev := .NetDevs}}{{if and $net
 set dracut_wwinit root=wwinit:{{default "tmpfs" .Root}} wwinit.server=${base} wwinit.uri=${base}/provision/${hwaddr} init=/warewulf/run-init
 goto boot_two_stage_dracut
 
+:dracut_static
+set next dracut_static_continue
+goto metadata
+:dracut_static_continue
+echo
+echo Downloading dracut initramfs...
+initrd --name initramfs ${base}/initramfs/${hwaddr}?${params} || goto error_reboot
+set dracut_net rd.neednet=1 {{range $devname, $netdev := .NetDevs}}{{if and $netdev.Hwaddr $netdev.Device}} ifname={{$netdev.Device}}:{{$netdev.Hwaddr}} ip={{$netdev.Ipaddr}}::{{$netdev.Gateway}}:{{$netdev.Netmask}}::{{$netdev.Device}}:on {{end}}{{end}}
+set dracut_wwinit root=wwinit:{{default "tmpfs" .Root}} wwinit.server=${base} wwinit.uri=${base}/provision/${hwaddr} init=/warewulf/run-init
+goto boot_two_stage_dracut
+
 :boot_single_stage
 echo Booting (single stage)...
 boot kernel initrd=image initrd=system ${runtime_initrd} wwid={{.Hwaddr}} {{.KernelArgs}} || goto error_reboot