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From: Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: initramfs <initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Some netboot doc cleanups
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:32:44 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A37D73C.80100@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A3759D2.2040101-omB+W0Dpw2o@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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      parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-16 17:32 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
     [not found]     ` <4A3759D2.2040101-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-16 17:32       ` Warren Togami [this message]

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