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SubjectRe: Multiple ip= boot arguments?
Chris Friesen wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>>
>>>> or if I'm supposed to use a startup script instead.
>>>
>>> This is the preffered way nowadays. One day, hopefully,
>>> CONFIG_IP_PNP can go away.
>>>
>> It could be done reasonably easy, you know... :-/
>
> If CONFIG_IP_PNP is going to go away, what is the proposed mechanism for
> netboot devices to determine the proper source address to use when
> searching for a rootfs to use?

My quip was mostly that it could replaced with the existing klibc
implementation, which runs in userspace.

The other option, of course, is the distribution-specific initramfs route.

-hpa
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