Re: Patches for bootparamd for multiple subnets of interest?

2006-03-08 Thread Eric Anderson

Brian J. McGovern wrote:

All,
I've done some hacking on bootparamd to support multiple subnets
(along with applying some patches to allow some Sun-specific behavior) that
I'm using for jumpstarting Solaris/Sparc boxes across a boatload of small 
subnets.


The most obvious change is adding a -R parameter, that allows you to
specify a router and netmask (and multiple -R's are accepted), so that 
bootparamd can build an internal list of subnets and gateways when multihomed,

or supporting VLANs via the vlan(4) driver.

	I can provide patches against 6.0, and with a bit of work, -current 
(I doubt there is much change). Is there sufficient interest to make it worth

bundling up the diffs?
  


Patches to 6- are definitely of interest!  We've recently banged our 
heads against this problem..


Thanks!!

Eric




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Eric AndersonSr. Systems AdministratorCentaur Technology
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Patches for bootparamd for multiple subnets of interest?

2006-03-06 Thread Brian J. McGovern
All,
I've done some hacking on bootparamd to support multiple subnets
(along with applying some patches to allow some Sun-specific behavior) that
I'm using for jumpstarting Solaris/Sparc boxes across a boatload of small 
subnets.

The most obvious change is adding a -R parameter, that allows you to
specify a router and netmask (and multiple -R's are accepted), so that 
bootparamd can build an internal list of subnets and gateways when multihomed,
or supporting VLANs via the vlan(4) driver.

I can provide patches against 6.0, and with a bit of work, -current 
(I doubt there is much change). Is there sufficient interest to make it worth
bundling up the diffs?

-Brian
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