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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2009-06-15 20:43 Some netboot doc cleanups Warren Togami
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2009-06-16 7:39 ` Harald Hoyer
2009-06-16 8:37 ` Seewer Philippe [this message]
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2009-06-16 17:32 ` Warren Togami
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