On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 11:05 -0400, Dave Miner wrote:
> We have been moving network installation away from bootparams for a
> number of years due to its non-standard nature and lack of a reasonable
> ability to support any network topology beyond simple LANs. Requiring
> its use here is not defensible when ample methods for solving the
> boot-device location problem exist using DHCP or other standard protocols.
Sounds like we could reduce the likelihood of missteps like this if we
were to approve a case (not this case) formally reclassifying bootparams
as Obsolete, with DHCP as the designated successor.
- Bill
