From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] Statically assigned IP addresses
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 21:05:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040113200550.DF69EC10AF@atlas.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:50:49 +0200." <r02010000-1028-67E4B45645F911D888A700039387ACB6@[10.0.1.1]>
In message <r02010000-1028-67E4B45645F911D888A700039387ACB6@[10.0.1.1]> you wrote:
>
> In Linux you have always some "ifconfig interface xxxx" stuff
> during boot...so adding an "up" statement wouldn't hurt...
This is wrong. You can use IP autoconfiguration and pass all required
informantioon on the kernel's command line. No need to add tools like
ifconfig or route to a root filesystem for 99% of all cases.
> setenv netmask x.x.x.x
In almost all cases Linux will guess the correct netmask.
> and if you like:
>
> setenv gatewayip x.x.x.x
Not if you like. If you need, and only then.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-13 18:50 [U-Boot-Users] Statically assigned IP addresses Richard Klingler
2004-01-13 20:05 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
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2004-01-14 16:35 Kerl, John
2004-01-13 20:58 Kerl, John
2004-01-14 8:06 ` Wolfgang Denk
2004-01-13 19:06 Demke, Torsten
2004-01-13 18:27 Kerl, John
2004-01-13 20:02 ` Wolfgang Denk
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