From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vadim Lebedev Subject: Re: PROBLEMS WITH DNS Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:36:04 +0200 Message-ID: <4669A194.8090108@mbdsys.com> References: <4669945F.5070708@mbdsys.com> <466997D9.7040909@grupopie.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <466997D9.7040909@grupopie.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.arm.linux.org.uk Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.arm.linux.org.uk To: Paulo Marques Cc: linux-omap-open-source@linux.omap.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk List-Id: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org Paulo Marques wrote: > Vadim Lebedev wrote: > >> Eduardo Franceschini wrote: >> [...] >> >>> I can get an IP, but when I go to /etc/resolv.conf , I don't have an >>> IP for >>> DNS server... somebody know what to do? >> >> [...] >> Maybe one why to do it is to modify kernale mode dhcp client to >> create a procfs entry containig info for resolv.conf >> and have /etc/resolv.com to be symlink to procfs entry > > > I'd say this is just the opposite direction of where things seem to be > going nowadays. > > AFAICS, the current solution to this problem is to use initrd / > initramfs with a user-space dhcp client and nice script to get the DNS > information into /etc/resolv.conf. > > With this in place you can even drop the DHCP / NFS-root support from > the kernel and have it all done in user-space. > > This seems to be the current trend, and I wouldn't be surprised if the > options for IP auto config and NFS root were dropped from mainline in > the future. > Kernel mode dhcp client solutions allows muuch faster boot sequences... for embedded stuff 15-20 secs boot speed advantage is important.... Vadim ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel FAQ: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/faq.php Etiquette: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/etiquette.php