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SubjectRe: 2.4.17-rc1 wont do nfs root on Javastation
At 1:37 PM -0600 12/18/01, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: "Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler" <nicoya@apia.dhs.org>
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:32:00 -0600
>
> I really think it should be a compile-time option to have it default to on,
> but I never figured out who maintains it.
>
>How then would you get a generic, yet NFS-ROOT capable kernel?
>Answer: you can't

Compile-time *Option*, as in "IP-Autoconfig default to on: (yes/no)".

If you need to build a kernel generica for a platform where you can pass a
commandline easily, you just leave it at 'no', and get the same behaviour
as current.

If you need to build a kernel to nfsroot on a platform where setting a
commandline is difficult or impossible (like javastation), set it to 'yes',
and get a working nfsroot.

Simple.


Alternatley, having a configuration option to set a commandline, like some
other arches have, would also work.


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)


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