Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:55:48 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt | From | (Arthur Othieno) |
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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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