From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@oss.sgi.com>
To: Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>
Cc: Dave Gilbert <gilbertd@treblig.org>, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Trying to boot an Indy
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:02:51 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010123090250.B945@bacchus.dhis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wwgofwyckov.fsf@arthur.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE>; from martin@uni-mainz.de on Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 05:11:44PM +0100
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 05:11:44PM +0100, Christoph Martin wrote:
> > 1) I tried bootp - bootp()vmlinux - it says 'no server for vmlinux'. The
> > bootp server is a Linux/Alpha box running 2.4.0-ac9 - I've already done
> > the trick with no_pmtu. tcpdump shows bootp sending a packet with
> > apparently the correct mac address.
> >
>
> I have the same problem serving bootp from my i386 2.4.0 box. bootp
> with kernel 2.2.x on the same box works. And it is only the bootp from
> the command console that is failing. the bootp part later on in the
> kernel is working from the 2.4.0 box.
>
> Weird.
Not weired at all. The firmware bootp()... does bootp and then uses tftp
to download the kernel; the kernel then only uses bootp to figure out it's
network configuration. So the two are not only doing different things,
they're also two are not only two independant and completly different
implementations.
Ralf
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-23 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-21 2:01 Trying to boot an Indy Dave Gilbert
2001-01-21 4:37 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-01-21 13:27 ` Dave Gilbert
2001-01-23 16:11 ` Christoph Martin
2001-01-23 16:34 ` Dr. David Gilbert
2001-01-23 16:34 ` Dr. David Gilbert
2001-01-23 17:23 ` Wills
[not found] ` <3A84E2C4.112F8B2F@cotw.com>
2001-02-10 13:14 ` Patch for Philips Nino Steven J. Hill
2001-01-23 17:02 ` Ralf Baechle [this message]
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