From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mike (mwester)" Subject: Re: [PATCH] dnet: Dave DNET ethernet controller driver Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:24:20 -0500 Message-ID: <49B96F74.50804@dls.net> References: <49B82566.3070909@weinigel.se> <20090311171354.04c7a63d@nehalam> <49B8E6D4.2030702@weinigel.se> <20090312.055523.193191701.davem@davemloft.net> <49B91A7B.7050303@weinigel.se> <20090312151211.GB24995@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Christer Weinigel , David Miller , shemminger@vyatta.com, s.hauer@pengutronix.de, yanok@emcraft.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, netdev@vger.kernel.org, wd@denx.de, dzu@denx.de To: Neil Horman Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20090312151211.GB24995@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-arm-kernel-bounces@lists.arm.linux.org.uk Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane.org@lists.arm.linux.org.uk List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Neil Horman wrote: > What exactly is so difficult about cpio-ing up an initramfs to do this work with > sed and ifconfig? You make it sound like its an impossible barrier. Its really > quite simple Can you share your scripts and tools for creating an initramfs so easily? I too run into this problem -- I've always used the kernel-provided mechanism to DHCP and do the nfs mount of the rootfs, but if the initramfs is the right way to do that, then I'll be happy to change. It always looked rather daunting to me, and a lot of extra effort compared to letting the kernel do the job, but if it really is so easy, then I'll be happy to change my practices. Thanks! Mike (mwester) ------------------------------------------------------------------- List admin: http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel FAQ: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/faq.php Etiquette: http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/etiquette.php