Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make IP-Config work without ip= supplied | Date | 18 Feb 2002 14:34:25 -0800 |
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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?
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