From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make IP-Config work without ip= supplied
Date: 18 Feb 2002 14:34:25 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a4rvhh$vku$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020218222451.GA23899@main.braxis.co.uk>
Followup to: <20020218222451.GA23899@main.braxis.co.uk>
By author: Krzysztof Rusocki <kszysiu@main.braxis.co.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Hi,
>
> Just noticed that IP-Config behavior when no ip= parm is used has changed in
> 2.2.18.
>
> Up to 2.2.17 IP-Config was enabled even when ip= was omitted. I think that
> it's good for use in i.e. diskless nodes.
>
> Since 2.2.18, IP-Config does nothing at all until ip= is passed to the
> kernel, however Documentation/nfsroot.txt still says that IP-Config is
> enabled by default. Was that intentional change?
>
> Such behavior remains in both 2.2.20 and 2.4.18-rc1. Following patches
> (against these two kernel trees) make IP-Config enabled by default.
>
I don't think this is a good idea. The current behaviour should work
across the board. Diskless nodes should use a diskless bootloader
which support command lines -- that way you get to specify the mode as
well. *ALL* nodes should use the command line these days.
Can we get rid of the g----d bootsect.S, please?
-hpa
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2002-02-18 22:24 [PATCH] Make IP-Config work without ip= supplied Krzysztof Rusocki
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