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From: Seewer Philippe <philippe.seewer-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>
To: Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: initramfs <initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Some netboot doc cleanups
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:37:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A3759D2.2040101@bfh.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A36B285.2080905-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>



Warren Togami wrote:
> https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/dracut/wiki/commandline
>> Configuration in initrd ¶
>>
>> /conf/conf.d/*
>>     command line options can override values set here
> 
> What is the intent here?  This is only used from 
> modules.d/95iscsi/iscsiroot and nowhere else.
> 
>> 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.

Regards,
Philippe
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-16  8:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-15 20:43 Some netboot doc cleanups Warren Togami
     [not found] ` <4A36B285.2080905-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-16  7:39   ` Harald Hoyer
2009-06-16  8:37   ` Seewer Philippe [this message]
     [not found]     ` <4A3759D2.2040101-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-16 17:32       ` Warren Togami

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