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From: Seewer Philippe <philippe.seewer-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>
To: David Dillow <dave-i1Mk8JYDVaaSihdK6806/g@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	initramfs <initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: %s substitution
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:18:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A3B49F2.8010404@bfh.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1245379718.28792.3.camel-FqX9LgGZnHWDB2HL1qBt2PIbXMQ5te18@public.gmane.org>

David Dillow wrote:
[snip]
>> Also, did you verify that the ip format you generate is identical to the 
>> "ASCII-representation of the client's IP address" as generated by the 
>> kernel?
> 
> The kernel docs say IP address, but the actual kernel code uses the host
> name if set and falls back to the IP address.

That is indeed the case (from vanilla 2.6.29/fs/nfs/nfsroot.c):

[quote]
*      Martin Mares    :       Default path now contains host name instead of
*                              host IP address (but host name defaults to IP
*                              address anyway).
[/quote]

[quote]
	cp = utsname()->nodename;
        if (strlen(buf) + strlen(cp) > NFS_MAXPATHLEN) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "Root-NFS: Pathname for remote directory too long.\n");
                return -1;
        }
        sprintf(nfs_path, buf, cp);
[/quote]
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-19  8:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-18  2:42 13 NFS syntax variations Warren Togami
     [not found] ` <4A39A9AF.6070009-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-18 10:15   ` Seewer Philippe
     [not found]     ` <4A3A13A8.6050100-omB+W0Dpw2o@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-18 17:48       ` %s substitution Warren Togami
     [not found]         ` <4A3A7DE0.4060801-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-19  2:48           ` David Dillow
     [not found]             ` <1245379718.28792.3.camel-FqX9LgGZnHWDB2HL1qBt2PIbXMQ5te18@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-19  8:18               ` Seewer Philippe [this message]
2009-06-22 20:56       ` 13 NFS syntax variations Warren Togami
     [not found]         ` <4A3FEFE7.7080907-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-22 22:29           ` David Dillow
     [not found]             ` <1245709757.13352.20.camel-1q1vX8mYZiGLUyTwlgNVppKKF0rrzTr+@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23  1:24               ` Warren Togami
2009-06-23  4:15               ` Warren Togami
     [not found]                 ` <4A4056EA.9010102-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-23  4:34                   ` David Dillow
2009-06-23  6:09                   ` Harald Hoyer

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