From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.203]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4407767A77 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 03:59:06 +1100 (EST) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so136374rnz for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:59:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 08:59:02 -0800 From: Shawn Jin To: ppcembed In-Reply-To: <20050216025921.GA25838@gate.ebshome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII References: <20050216025921.GA25838@gate.ebshome.net> Subject: Re: Incomplete network configuration information when booting from NFS root on Ebony Reply-To: Shawn Jin List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , > > Is anybody using linux-2.6.10 from kernel.org for testing IBM Ebony board? > > Yes, with stock boot loader and great success (bootp + NFS root). I > just use "ip=on root=/dev/nfs" and let my bootp server tell the kernel > about all other parameters. What's your boot loader? I should ask if anybody has successful story on using uboot to boot 2.6.10 to test Ebony board. > Did you try looking at net/ipv4/ipconfig.c? This is file responsible > for this message. Yes. I did find the comment you pointed and thought it might be a problem. But another issue I don't understand is why it cannot fetch MAC addresses from VPD? Without my hack the MAC addresses fetched from VPD are all FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. The Rom Monitor can detect the addresses, which I guess are from VPD. > /* > * If the config information is insufficient (e.g., our IP address or > * IP address of the boot server is missing or we have multiple network > * interfaces and no default was set), use BOOTP or RARP to get the > * missing values. > */ > > Probably your case - multiple ethernet devices (440GX has 4) and > you haven't specified which device should be assigned IP. Do you know how to set a default active device? Thanks, -Shawn.