From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Warren Togami Subject: Re: Some netboot doc cleanups Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:32:44 -0400 Message-ID: <4A37D73C.80100@redhat.com> References: <4A36B285.2080905@redhat.com> <4A3759D2.2040101@bfh.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A3759D2.2040101-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org> Sender: initramfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: initramfs On 06/16/2009 04:37 AM, Seewer Philippe wrote: >>> Network =B6 >>> >>> * ip=3D[dhcp|on|any] >>> o get ip from dhcp server from all interfaces >>> o If root=3Ddhcp, loop sequentially through all interfaces (eth0, e= th1, >>> ...) 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=3D:[dhcp|on|any] >>> o get ip from dhcp server on a specific interface >>> * ip=3D[none|off] >>> o no TCP/IP network >> >> What is the point of this? When is this ever useful? > > ip=3D[none|off] doesn't make any sense at all. Can be removed IMHO. > http://git.kernel.org/?p=3Dlinux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=3D= blob;f=3DDocumentation/filesystems/nfsroot.txt ip none and off are mentioned here as well, although it seems ambiguous= =20 as to the purpose. Warren -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html