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SubjectRe: [patch] ipv4: Update ip command line processing (take II)
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From: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:59:05 +0900

> Recently the documentation in Documentation/nfsroot.txt was
> update to note that in fact ip=off and ip=::::::off as the
> latter is ignored and the default (on) is used.
>
> This was certainly a step in the direction of reducing confusion.
> But it seems to me that the code ought to be fixed up so that
> ip=::::::off actually turns off ip autoconfiguration.
>
> This patch also notes more specifically that ip=on (aka ip=::::::on)
> is the default.
>
> Cc: Amos Waterland <apw@us.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>

I applied this to net-2.6 since I think it's a bug fix, and
I also tailored the changelog header to more it clear this
is a fix not just an "Update". :-)

Thanks!



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