* Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9661] New: Booting from nfsroot fails
[not found] <bug-9661-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
@ 2007-12-29 23:14 ` Andrew Morton
2007-12-30 3:05 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Morton @ 2007-12-29 23:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bugs; +Cc: bugme-daemon, netdev, Simon Horman, David S. Miller
On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:54:07 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9661
>
> Summary: Booting from nfsroot fails
> Product: Networking
> Version: 2.5
> KernelVersion: 2.6.24-rc6-git4
> Platform: All
> OS/Version: Linux
> Tree: Mainline
> Status: NEW
> Severity: blocking
> Priority: P1
> Component: IPV4
> AssignedTo: shemminger@linux-foundation.org
> ReportedBy: bugs@psycast.de
>
>
> Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.24-rc6-git3
> Distribution: Debian GNU Linux 4.0/Etch
> Hardware Environment: Intel DG965SS, 4GB RAM, onboard e1000, no HDD
> Software Environment: Debian GNU Linux 4.0r2 x86_64
> Problem Description: Starting with -git4 release the System won't boot from
> network. Booting with root=/dev/nfs ip=dhcp for example ends in asking the user
> to insert a boot floppy. This is obviously not the expected result when booting
> from network.
>
> The cause seem to be the changeset a6c05c3d064dbb83be88cba3189beb5db9d2dfc3.
> Looking at the code I found that ic_enable doesn't get set as expected. This
> prevents the kernel from initializing the ip configuration.
>
> The patch & my LK conf (for reference) are attached. This may be not the ideal
> way of solving this, there are probably better ones. This one "Works For Me" :)
Thanks for the fix, but please send patches via email and not via bugzilla?
Suitable recipients for this one would be
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
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