Messages in this thread | | | From | (Gero Kuhlmann) | Subject | Re: nfsroot anyone? | Date | Tue, 19 Mar 1996 17:04:45 +0100 (MET) |
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Hello,
You (David S. Miller) wrote: > But you could put the functionality in a second stage boot loader (such > as SILO). > > I didn't think of this. This would definatly work. However there is > a small snag that now all bootloaders have this big shared set of > code, agreed it could be made into a nice generic library, but so it > would be so much easier to maintain and look after if it sits in the > kernel tree.
That's a good point. Maybe we should just make the BOOTP (and RARP) code optional, and let the user decide at kernel configuration time what should actually be included.
gero.
-- Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. - Santayana -- Gero Kuhlmann, Hannover 0511/6497525 (Voice) gero@gkminix.han.de
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