From: Graeme Gregory <dp@xora.org.uk>
To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org
Subject: Re: RFC: auto eth0 and auto eth1 in netbase
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:58:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071129125801.31b1db05@openmoko> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <474EA852.7090306@whitby.id.au>
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:23:54 +1030
Rod Whitby <rod@whitby.id.au> wrote:
> Some machines don't have consoles, so the only way to access them on
> the first boot after a reflash is via the network.
>
> Of course, an 'auto' keyword is required for this, and netbase
> currently has none.
>
> Is there any reason why at least eth0 should not have an 'auto'
> keyword?
>
> Should this be OE-wide, only for Angstrom (koen thinks eth0 and eth1
> should be auto), or only for specific machines (in which case, does
> anyone object to ixp4xx having auto eth0)?
>
It is quiet common to find commercial equipment doing this in the real
world. You just tell your dhcp server the MAC and you can find it on
first boot easilly.
So I think we should probably allow this as well.
+1 for me on eth0
G
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-11-29 13:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-11-29 11:53 RFC: auto eth0 and auto eth1 in netbase Rod Whitby
2007-11-29 12:58 ` Graeme Gregory [this message]
2007-11-29 14:16 ` mwester
2007-11-29 14:41 ` Koen Kooi
2007-11-29 17:02 ` Chris Larson
2007-11-30 11:48 ` Rod Whitby
2007-11-30 16:59 ` Chris Larson
2007-12-07 19:39 ` Khem Raj
2007-12-07 21:08 ` Rod Whitby
2007-12-07 21:56 ` Koen Kooi
2007-12-10 6:32 ` Paul Sokolovsky
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