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SubjectRe: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt
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On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:02:32PM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> Hello LKML!
>
> What am I doing terrible wrong that I do not get any comment on this
> patch?

I'll fall out as patch monkey in re-transmission mode now. Please send
patch to <trivial@kernel.org> (added to Cc). Thanks.

>
> ----- Forwarded message from Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org> -----
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:05:53 -0500
> To: akpm@osdl.org
> Cc: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>,
> Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> From: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
>
> From: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
>
> I today booted the first time my embedded device using Linux 2.6.15.2,
> which was booted by pxelinux, which then bootet itself from the nfsroot.
>
> This went pretty fine, but when I was reading through
> Documentation/nfsroot.txt I saw that there are some more modern versions
> available of loading the kernel and passing parameters.
>
> So I added them and the patch for that is attached to this mail.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org>
> Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <apgo@patchbomb.org>
>
> ---
>
> Documentation/nfsroot.txt | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> bb5fd479f34c5c53f3e3316052656c7795c02f90
> diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> index a87d4af..d56dc71 100644
> --- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nf
>
> Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>
> Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
> +Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel-nfsroot@schottelius.org>
>
>
>
> @@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer
> is used.
>
> -
> 3.2) Using LILO
> When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line
> parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration
> @@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO
> documentation.
>
> -3.3) Using loadlin
> +3.3) Using GRUB
> + When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel
> + specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes).
> +
> +3.4) Using loadlin
> When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
> having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin.
> I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In
> @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
> mentation for further information.
>
> -3.4) Using a boot ROM
> +3.5) Using a boot ROM
> This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
> client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
> protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
> @@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
> Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
>
> +3.6) Using pxelinux
> + Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with
> + "kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters
> + are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line.
> + You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output,
> + see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help.
> +
>
>
>
> --
> 1.1.5
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> --
> Please reply to nico-kernel2 (same domain as sending address).
> Replying to this address needs a confirmation, but works, too.

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