Re: Some netboot doc cleanups

[Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 06/16/2009 04:37 AM, Seewer Philippe wrote:
>>> Network ¶
>>>
>>> * ip=[dhcp|on|any]
>>> o get ip from dhcp server from all interfaces
>>> o If root=dhcp, loop sequentially through all interfaces (eth0, eth1,
>>> ...) and use the first with a valid DHCP root-path.
>>
>> dhcp and any seem to do the same thing. Get rid of any?
>
> This is "legacy" from kernel nfsroot. We should keep this for
> compatibility.
>
>>
>>> * ip=<interface>:[dhcp|on|any]
>>> o get ip from dhcp server on a specific interface
>>> * ip=[none|off]
>>> o no TCP/IP network
>>
>> What is the point of this? When is this ever useful?
>
> ip=[none|off] doesn't make any sense at all. Can be removed IMHO.
>

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=Documentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt

ip none and off are mentioned here as well, although it seems ambiguous 
as to the purpose.

Warren
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