From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon Horman Subject: Re: [patch] ipv4: Update ip command line processing (take II) Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:04:37 +0900 Message-ID: <20071226050435.GA18934@verge.net.au> References: <20071226025903.GB14422@verge.net.au> <20071225.205543.240106823.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, apw@us.ibm.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from koto.vergenet.net ([210.128.90.7]:57031 "EHLO koto.vergenet.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751215AbXLZFEl (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 00:04:41 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071225.205543.240106823.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:55:43PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > 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". :-) Ok, thanks. -- Horms