[PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt

[PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt

[Nico Schottelius]

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Hello LKML!

What am I doing terrible wrong that I do not get any comment on this
patch?


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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:05:53 -0500
To: akpm@osdl.org
Cc: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>,
	Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt
From: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>

From: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>

I today booted the first time my embedded device using Linux 2.6.15.2,
which was booted by pxelinux, which then bootet itself from the nfsroot.

This went pretty fine, but when I was reading through
Documentation/nfsroot.txt I saw that there are some more modern versions
available of loading the kernel and passing parameters.

So I added them and the patch for that is attached to this mail.

Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>

---

 Documentation/nfsroot.txt |   17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

bb5fd479f34c5c53f3e3316052656c7795c02f90
diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
index a87d4af..d56dc71 100644
--- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nf
 
 Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
 Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
 
 
 
@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
 	root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer
 	is used.
 
-
 3.2) Using LILO
 	When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line
 	parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
 	LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO
 	documentation.
 
-3.3) Using loadlin
+3.3) Using GRUB
+	When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel
+	specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes).
+
+3.4) Using loadlin
 	When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
 	having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin.
 	I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
 	lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
 	mentation for further information.
 
-3.4) Using a boot ROM
+3.5) Using a boot ROM
 	This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
 	client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
 	protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
@@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
 	and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
 	Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
 
+3.6) Using pxelinux
+	Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with
+	"kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters
+	are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line.
+	You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output,
+	see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help.
+
 
 
 
-- 
1.1.5


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Re: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt

[Arthur Othieno]

On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:02:32PM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> Hello LKML!
> 
> What am I doing terrible wrong that I do not get any comment on this
> patch?

I'll fall out as patch monkey in re-transmission mode now. Please send
patch to <trivial@kernel.org> (added to Cc). Thanks.

> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org> -----
> 
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:05:53 -0500
> To: akpm@osdl.org
> Cc: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>,
> 	Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> From: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
> 
> From: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
> 
> I today booted the first time my embedded device using Linux 2.6.15.2,
> which was booted by pxelinux, which then bootet itself from the nfsroot.
> 
> This went pretty fine, but when I was reading through
> Documentation/nfsroot.txt I saw that there are some more modern versions
> available of loading the kernel and passing parameters.
> 
> So I added them and the patch for that is attached to this mail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
> 
> ---
> 
>  Documentation/nfsroot.txt |   17 ++++++++++++++---
>  1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> bb5fd479f34c5c53f3e3316052656c7795c02f90
> diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> index a87d4af..d56dc71 100644
> --- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nf
>  
>  Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
>  Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> +Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
>  
>  
>  
> @@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
>  	root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer
>  	is used.
>  
> -
>  3.2) Using LILO
>  	When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line
>  	parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration
> @@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
>  	LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO
>  	documentation.
>  
> -3.3) Using loadlin
> +3.3) Using GRUB
> +	When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel
> +	specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes).
> +
> +3.4) Using loadlin
>  	When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
>  	having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin.
>  	I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In
> @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
>  	lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
>  	mentation for further information.
>  
> -3.4) Using a boot ROM
> +3.5) Using a boot ROM
>  	This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
>  	client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
>  	protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
> @@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
>  	and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
>  	Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
>  
> +3.6) Using pxelinux
> +	Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with
> +	"kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters
> +	are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line.
> +	You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output,
> +	see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help.
> +
>  
>  
>  
> -- 
> 1.1.5
> 
> 
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> 
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> Please reply to nico-kernel2 (same domain as sending address).
> Replying to this address needs a confirmation, but works, too.

Setting From: address on your end is trivial. Having to jump through
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time, really.

Re: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

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On Sat, 2006-03-18 09:55:48 -0500, Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:02:32PM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> I'll fall out as patch monkey in re-transmission mode now. Please send
> patch to <trivial@kernel.org> (added to Cc). Thanks.
> > -- 
> > Please reply to nico-kernel2 (same domain as sending address).
> > Replying to this address needs a confirmation, but works, too.
> 
> Setting From: address on your end is trivial. Having to jump through
> hoops like these to provide any feedback is just a waste of peoples'
> time, really.

Nico does this willfully for whatever reasons (trapping SPAM or
something), I even asked him to stop this nonsense some time ago but
he seemed to like that idea. (I was about to help him on a problem at
that time.)  So right now, he's in my ~/.killfile ...  No hassle...

MfG, JBG

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Re: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt

[Nico Schottelius]

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Arthur Othieno [Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 09:55:48AM -0500]:
> [...] 
> Setting From: address on your end is trivial. Having to jump through
> hoops like these to provide any feedback is just a waste of peoples'
> time, really.

Sorry, did not really see that is so annoying. 

So now you can reply directly to me.

Nico

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