From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263384AbTDZKVr (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:21:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263800AbTDZKVr (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:21:47 -0400 Received: from mux2.uit.no ([129.242.5.252]:49419 "EHLO mux2.uit.no") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263384AbTDZKVq (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Apr 2003 06:21:46 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:33:56 +0200 From: Tobias Brox To: Trond Myklebust Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: PROBLEM: nfsroot.c + ipconfig.c (2.4.20) Message-ID: <20030426123356.C12540@stud.cs.uit.no> Reply-To: tobias@stud.cs.uit.no References: <200304231510.h3NFAh430564@lgserv3.stud.cs.uit.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no on Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 06:33:39PM +0200 Organization: =?iso-8859-1?Q?University_of_Troms=F8?= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [Trond Myklebust - Wed at 06:33:39PM +0200] > ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/NFS-Root I'm pretty sure my problems stems from something fishy in the kernel code, not simply because I don't know what I'm doing. The FAQ above is not much up-to-date, either. I have a creeping feeling that the nfsroot feature is not much used together with the more recent kernel versions, as most modern computers are equipped with harddisks. I'd like to hear success-stories from people that have managed to do a diskless boot with a kernel of version 2.4.20 or more recent. According to a an earlier mail to this list (available at http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/35/2001/6/0/6079479/ ) ipconfig should be called from init/main.c:checksetup() - I can say for sure that this does not take place, regardless of what options I feed the kernel with. In the 2.5.66-version of the kernel, the function above has been renamed to obsolete_checksetup. When booting up with 2.5.66, it also fails to load the network driver in time. I know I have compiled the right driver into the kernel (and not as a module). -- Check our new Mobster game at http://hstudd.cs.uit.no/mobster/ (web game, updates every 4th hour, no payment, no commercials)