Messages in this thread |  | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: Enable IP PNP for 2.4.4-ac8 | Date | Mon, 14 May 2001 11:52:56 +0100 |
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davem@redhat.com said: > I hate config options that change how the core of the kernel boot > makes decisions. Things like "where is root", "what is my network > address or where do I get that information" have no reasonable > default. This is why the command line args are there.
If you're told (by rdev because the poxy bootloader on the board can't pass args to the kernel) that root is /dev/nfs, and you don't have a command line telling you your IP information, then there _is_ a reasonable default, and it is to do DHCP.
-- dwmw2
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