>
> The clean way to handle it, and I'll take a look it to have
> root=/dev/nfs (and the rdev equivalent) to set ip=on if it isn't
Yes.
> already. The current 2.4.4 behavior of root=/dev/hda3 doing ip
> autoconfig when the code is compiled into the kernel is just bad.
Agreed.
H.J.
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David Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > There wasn't even DHCP support before so yes you did. As you can't
> > get the nfs mount point from bootp.
>
> Wasn't there a default? The Indy behind me seems to try to mount
> /tftpboot/172.16.18.195, so I put a file
On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:51:19PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Well, if it stops working and stays broken, I suppose I'll just have to
> hack up a built-in command line option. ISTR ARM already has such an option.
Indeed it does, because some platforms don't have any way to pass anything
to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> There wasn't even DHCP support before so yes you did. As you can't
> get the nfs mount point from bootp.
Wasn't there a default? The Indy behind me seems to try to mount
/tftpboot/172.16.18.195, so I put a filesystem there just to make it happy.
It's a 2.4.3 kernel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I hate config options that change how the core of the kernel boot
> makes decisions. Things like "where is root", "what is my network
> address or where do I get that information" have no reasonable
> default. This is why the command line args are there.
If you're to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Since you have to set the command line anyway ip=dhcp is no extra
> burden and it lets you use the same kernel to boot of the harddrive
> etc.
You don't have to set the command line anyway. At least you _didn't_.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I boot diskless all of time
Eric W. Biederman writes:
> Mostly I like the situation where I can compile it in and turn it on
> when I need it, instead of having to do thing differently if it is
> compiled in or not.
>
> ip=on is all it really takes.
This is the main reason I like the current 2.4.x behavior.
I hate c
H . J . Lu writes:
> Have you tried ramdisk on diskless ... sparc .. booting
> over network?
I know that sparc works fine, what is your point though?
All platforms ought to work with ramdisks just fine, in fact.
Later,
David S. Miller
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On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 07:24:31PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> I agree it isn't intuitive, and if nfsroot=xxx is specified it should
> probably turn on if there is missing information.
>
> But if you have to select the command line anyway
>
> Mostly I like the situation where I can
"H . J . Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 01:24:18PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > "H . J . Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > It doesn't make any senses. When I specify CONFIG_IP_PNP and
> > > BOOTP/DHCP, I want a kernel with IP config using BOOTP/DHCP. I w
On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 01:24:18PM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> "H . J . Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It doesn't make any senses. When I specify CONFIG_IP_PNP and
> > BOOTP/DHCP, I want a kernel with IP config using BOOTP/DHCP. I would
> > expect IP config is turned for BOOTP/DHCP b
"H . J . Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It doesn't make any senses. When I specify CONFIG_IP_PNP and
> BOOTP/DHCP, I want a kernel with IP config using BOOTP/DHCP. I would
> expect IP config is turned for BOOTP/DHCP by default. You can turn
> it off by passing "ip=off" to kernel. Did I miss so
"H . J . Lu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 04:28:05PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> >
> > H . J . Lu writes:
> > > 2.4.4-ac8 disables IP auto config by default even if CONFIG_IP_PNP is
> > > defined. Here is a patch.
> >
> > It doesn't make any sense to enable this
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 04:28:05PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>
> H . J . Lu writes:
> > 2.4.4-ac8 disables IP auto config by default even if CONFIG_IP_PNP is
> > defined. Here is a patch.
>
> It doesn't make any sense to enable this unless parameters are
> given to the kernel via the kern
H . J . Lu writes:
> 2.4.4-ac8 disables IP auto config by default even if CONFIG_IP_PNP is
> defined. Here is a patch.
It doesn't make any sense to enable this unless parameters are
given to the kernel via the kernel command line or from firmware
settings.
Later,
David S. Miller
[EMAIL PROTE
2.4.4-ac8 disables IP auto config by default even if CONFIG_IP_PNP is
defined. Here is a patch.
H.J.
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--- linux-2.4.4-ac8/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c.autoFri May 11 14:02:32 2001
+++ linux-2.4.4-ac8/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c Fri May 11 15:26:25 2001
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@
*/
int ic_set_manually __ini
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