Hello,
Here's a handy little patch that makes the kernel parse out the ip
address of the nfs server from the bootp root path. Otherwise it's
impossible to boot the kernel without command line options on diskless
workstations (I hate RPL).
-ben
diff -ur v2.4.1-ac18/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c work/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c
--- v2.4.1-ac18/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c Mon Sep 25 16:13:53 2000
+++ work/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c Mon Feb 19 18:05:24 2001
@@ -224,8 +224,7 @@
}
}
if (name[0] && strcmp(name, "default")) {
- strncpy(buf, name, NFS_MAXPATHLEN-1);
- buf[NFS_MAXPATHLEN-1] = 0;
+ root_nfs_parse_addr(name);
}
}
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