From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [patch] ipv4: Update ip command line processing (take II) Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:55:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20071225.205543.240106823.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20071226025903.GB14422@verge.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, apw@us.ibm.com To: horms@verge.net.au Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20071226025903.GB14422@verge.net.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Simon Horman Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:59:05 +0900 > Recently the documentation in Documentation/nfsroot.txt was > update to note that in fact ip=off and ip=::::::off as the > latter is ignored and the default (on) is used. > > This was certainly a step in the direction of reducing confusion. > But it seems to me that the code ought to be fixed up so that > ip=::::::off actually turns off ip autoconfiguration. > > This patch also notes more specifically that ip=on (aka ip=::::::on) > is the default. > > Cc: Amos Waterland > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman I applied this to net-2.6 since I think it's a bug fix, and I also tailored the changelog header to more it clear this is a fix not just an "Update". :-) Thanks!