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From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	xiyou.wangcong-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] auto setup network without netroot
Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:15:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F3107BF.9060002@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120202075952.GA12412-4/PLUo9XfK+sDdueE5tM26fLeoKvNuZc@public.gmane.org>

Am 02.02.2012 08:59, schrieb Dave Young:
> Current dracut network only will be setup when netroot is used. But there are
> some cases we need network even without netroot. For example kdump will need
> copy vmcore to remote machine via scp or nfs mount. OTOH, if we use dracut as
> a recovery system the network is helpful even root is not a network device.
> 
> This implementation is based on the manually bring up method. Here add a kernel
> cmdline argument rd.neednet. If rd.neednet is set dracut will bring up network
> with ifup $INTERFACE -m. If netroot is used we still keep original behavior.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  dracut.cmdline.7.xml                |    8 ++++++++
>  modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh |   20 ++++++++++++++++----
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: dracut/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh
> ===================================================================
> --- dracut.orig/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh
> +++ dracut/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh
> @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fix_bootif() {
>  }
>  
>  # Don't continue if we don't need network
> -[ -z "$netroot" ] && return;
> +[ -z "$netroot" ] && ! getargbool 0 rd.neednet && return;
>  
>  # Write udev rules
>  {
> @@ -35,17 +35,29 @@ fix_bootif() {
>      BOOTIF=$(getarg 'BOOTIF=')
>      if [ -n "$BOOTIF" ] ; then
>          BOOTIF=$(fix_bootif "$BOOTIF")
> -        printf 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE}"\n' "$BOOTIF"
> +        if [ -n "$netroot" ]; then
> +            printf 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE}"\n' "$BOOTIF"
> +        else
> +            printf 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="net", ATTR{address}=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE} -m"\n' "$BOOTIF"
> +        fi
>  
>      # If we have to handle multiple interfaces, handle only them.
>      elif [ -n "$IFACES" ] ; then
>          for iface in $IFACES ; do
> -            printf 'SUBSYSTEM=="net", ENV{INTERFACE}=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE}"\n' "$iface"
> +            if [ -n "$netroot" ]; then
> +                printf 'SUBSYSTEM=="net", ENV{INTERFACE}=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE}"\n' "$iface"
> +            else
> +                printf 'SUBSYSTEM=="net", ENV{INTERFACE}=="%s", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE} -m"\n' "$iface"
> +            fi
>          done
>  
>      # Default: We don't know the interface to use, handle all
>      else
> -        printf 'SUBSYSTEM=="net", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE}"\n'
> +        if [ -n "$netroot" ]; then
> +            printf 'SUBSYSTEM=="net", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE}"\n'
> +        else
> +            printf 'SUBSYSTEM=="net", RUN+="/sbin/ifup $env{INTERFACE} -m"\n'
> +        fi
>      fi
>  
>  } > /etc/udev/rules.d/60-net.rules
> Index: dracut/dracut.cmdline.7.xml
> ===================================================================
> --- dracut.orig/dracut.cmdline.7.xml
> +++ dracut/dracut.cmdline.7.xml
> @@ -507,6 +507,14 @@ Required if multiple ip= lines are used.
>              <para>turn on/off biosdevname network interface renaming</para>
>            </listitem>
>          </varlistentry>
> +        <varlistentry>
> +          <term>
> +            <envar>rd.neednet=</envar><replaceable>&lt;0|1&gt;</replaceable>
> +          </term>
> +          <listitem>
> +            <para>boolean, bring up network even without netroot set</para>
> +          </listitem>
> +        </varlistentry>
>        </variablelist>
>      </refsect2>
>      <refsect2>
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-02-02  7:59 [PATCH 2/7] auto setup network without netroot Dave Young
     [not found] ` <20120202075952.GA12412-4/PLUo9XfK+sDdueE5tM26fLeoKvNuZc@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-06  6:45   ` David Dillow
     [not found]     ` <1328510722.10153.13.camel-1q1vX8mYZiGLUyTwlgNVppKKF0rrzTr+@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-06  7:51       ` Dave Young
     [not found]         ` <4F2F8666.50907-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-06  7:53           ` Cong Wang
     [not found]             ` <4F2F86F6.5010007-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-06  8:43               ` Dave Young
     [not found]                 ` <4F2F92CB.1000804-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-06 13:21                   ` David Dillow
     [not found]                     ` <1328534517.10153.20.camel-1q1vX8mYZiGLUyTwlgNVppKKF0rrzTr+@public.gmane.org>
2012-02-07  1:50                       ` Dave Young
2012-02-07 11:15   ` Harald Hoyer [this message]

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