From: Amos Waterland <apw@us.ibm.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Updates to nfsroot documentation
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 01:40:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071204064012.GA31154@us.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071204042438.GA11229@verge.net.au>
On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 01:24:40PM +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2007 at 10:43:45PM -0500, Amos Waterland wrote:
> > The difference between ip=off and ip=::::::off has been a cause of much
> > confusion. Document how each behaves, and do not contradict ourselves
> > by saying that "off" is the default when in fact "any" is the default
> > and is descibed as being so lower in the file.
>
> Is that really how it works? If so it sounds a bit silly to me.
> Surely it would be desirable for ip=off and ip=::::::off to
> do the same thing. Or am I missing the point?
Yes, that is how it works. Pretty confusing, so I figured I'd better
send in a patch to document it.
In the ip=::::::off case, the code in ip_auto_config() sees that
ic_enable is asserted but that ic_myaddr is NONE and proceeds to do
autoconfiguration.
I'd welcome comments from people on whether we should change how it
works instead of just document it.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-12-04 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-04 3:43 [PATCH] Updates to nfsroot documentation Amos Waterland
2007-12-04 4:24 ` Simon Horman
2007-12-04 4:25 ` Simon Horman
2007-12-04 6:40 ` Amos Waterland [this message]
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