From: "Herbert Pötzl" <herbert@13thfloor.at>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>,
Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [herbert@13thfloor.at: NFS root and Floppy Fallback ...]
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 20:34:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030716183416.GA15019@www.13thfloor.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.55L.0307161432400.31785@freak.distro.conectiva>
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On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:33:11PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Herbert Pötzl wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:01:37PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > >
> > > Herbert,
> > > Does Trond know about this patch?
> >
> > yes, I sent him a mail describing the issues on
> > Thu, 3 Jul 2003 16:37:50 +0200, but did never
> > receive any reply ...
> >
> > > What he thinks about it?
> >
> > I don't know ... but the first part (the fix)
> > should be obvious anyway ...
> >
> > please advice how to proceed ...
>
> Resend the patch to me AND trond, CC lkml.
>
> OK?
here they are, rediffed for 2.4.22-pre6 ...
first patch fixes NFS root issue, second adds
the Disable Floppy Fallback config option ...
best,
Herbert
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diff -NurbP --minimal linux-2.4.22-pre3/include/linux/nfs.h linux-2.4.22-pre3-fix/include/linux/nfs.h
--- linux-2.4.22-pre3/include/linux/nfs.h Sat Apr 1 18:04:27 2000
+++ linux-2.4.22-pre3-fix/include/linux/nfs.h Wed Jul 9 22:39:37 2003
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
#define NFS_MNT_PROGRAM 100005
#define NFS_MNT_PORT 627
+#define NFS_MAJOR UNNAMED_MAJOR
+#define NFS_MINOR 0xff
+
/*
* NFS stats. The good thing with these values is that NFSv3 errors are
* a superset of NFSv2 errors (with the exception of NFSERR_WFLUSH which
diff -NurbP --minimal linux-2.4.22-pre3/init/do_mounts.c linux-2.4.22-pre3-fix/init/do_mounts.c
--- linux-2.4.22-pre3/init/do_mounts.c Sun Jul 6 22:55:07 2003
+++ linux-2.4.22-pre3-fix/init/do_mounts.c Wed Jul 9 22:41:43 2003
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
const char *name;
const int num;
} root_dev_names[] __initdata = {
- { "nfs", 0x00ff },
+ { "nfs", MKDEV(NFS_MAJOR, NFS_MINOR) },
{ "hda", 0x0300 },
{ "hdb", 0x0340 },
{ "loop", 0x0700 },
@@ -759,7 +759,8 @@
static void __init mount_root(void)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
- if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == UNNAMED_MAJOR) {
+ if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) == NFS_MAJOR
+ && MINOR(ROOT_DEV) == NFS_MINOR) {
if (mount_nfs_root()) {
sys_chdir("/root");
ROOT_DEV = current->fs->pwdmnt->mnt_sb->s_dev;
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diff -NurbP --minimal linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix/Documentation/Configure.help linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix-ffb/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix/Documentation/Configure.help Sun Jul 6 22:54:52 2003
+++ linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix-ffb/Documentation/Configure.help Wed Jul 9 23:00:08 2003
@@ -15983,6 +15983,18 @@
Most people say N here.
+Disable Fallback to Floppy
+CONFIG_NO_FLOPPY_FALLBACK
+ If root file system on NFS is enabled but the root device isn't
+ /dev/nfs (or the NFS root can not be mounted for any other reason)
+ the kernel usually falls back to a floppy boot.
+
+ This option will disable the default behaviour, which could be a
+ security risk, allowing either to boot from a specified root device
+ or not at all.
+
+ If unsure say N here.
+
NFS server support
CONFIG_NFSD
If you want your Linux box to act as an NFS *server*, so that other
diff -NurbP --minimal linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix/fs/Config.in linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix-ffb/fs/Config.in
--- linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix/fs/Config.in Sun Jul 6 22:55:05 2003
+++ linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix-ffb/fs/Config.in Wed Jul 9 22:49:40 2003
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
dep_mbool ' Provide NFSv3 client support' CONFIG_NFS_V3 $CONFIG_NFS_FS
dep_mbool ' Allow direct I/O on NFS files (EXPERIMENTAL)' CONFIG_NFS_DIRECTIO $CONFIG_NFS_FS $CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
dep_bool ' Root file system on NFS' CONFIG_ROOT_NFS $CONFIG_NFS_FS $CONFIG_IP_PNP
+ dep_bool ' Disable Floppy Fallback' CONFIG_NO_FLOPPY_FALLBACK $CONFIG_ROOT_NFS
dep_tristate 'NFS server support' CONFIG_NFSD $CONFIG_INET
dep_mbool ' Provide NFSv3 server support' CONFIG_NFSD_V3 $CONFIG_NFSD
diff -NurbP --minimal linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix/init/do_mounts.c linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix-ffb/init/do_mounts.c
--- linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix/init/do_mounts.c Wed Jul 9 22:48:48 2003
+++ linux-2.4.22-pre6-fix-ffb/init/do_mounts.c Wed Jul 9 22:49:40 2003
@@ -767,8 +767,10 @@
printk("VFS: Mounted root (nfs filesystem).\n");
return;
}
+# ifndef CONFIG_NO_FLOPPY_FALLBACK
printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy.\n");
ROOT_DEV = MKDEV(FLOPPY_MAJOR, 0);
+# endif
}
#endif
devfs_make_root(root_device_name);
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