Hello LKML!
What am I doing terrible wrong that I do not get any comment on this
patch?
----- Forwarded message from Arthur Othieno <[email protected]> -----
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:05:53 -0500
To: [email protected]
Cc: Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>,
Arthur Othieno <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt
From: Arthur Othieno <[email protected]>
From: Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>
I today booted the first time my embedded device using Linux 2.6.15.2,
which was booted by pxelinux, which then bootet itself from the nfsroot.
This went pretty fine, but when I was reading through
Documentation/nfsroot.txt I saw that there are some more modern versions
available of loading the kernel and passing parameters.
So I added them and the patch for that is attached to this mail.
Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/nfsroot.txt | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
bb5fd479f34c5c53f3e3316052656c7795c02f90
diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
index a87d4af..d56dc71 100644
--- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nf
Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <[email protected]>
Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <[email protected]>
+Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>
@@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer
is used.
-
3.2) Using LILO
When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line
parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO
documentation.
-3.3) Using loadlin
+3.3) Using GRUB
+ When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel
+ specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes).
+
+3.4) Using loadlin
When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin.
I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In
@@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
mentation for further information.
-3.4) Using a boot ROM
+3.5) Using a boot ROM
This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
@@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
+3.6) Using pxelinux
+ Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with
+ "kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters
+ are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line.
+ You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output,
+ see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help.
+
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1.1.5
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On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:02:32PM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> Hello LKML!
>
> What am I doing terrible wrong that I do not get any comment on this
> patch?
I'll fall out as patch monkey in re-transmission mode now. Please send
patch to <[email protected]> (added to Cc). Thanks.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Arthur Othieno <[email protected]> -----
>
> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:05:53 -0500
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>,
> Arthur Othieno <[email protected]>
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Updated Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> From: Arthur Othieno <[email protected]>
>
> From: Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>
>
> I today booted the first time my embedded device using Linux 2.6.15.2,
> which was booted by pxelinux, which then bootet itself from the nfsroot.
>
> This went pretty fine, but when I was reading through
> Documentation/nfsroot.txt I saw that there are some more modern versions
> available of loading the kernel and passing parameters.
>
> So I added them and the patch for that is attached to this mail.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Arthur Othieno <[email protected]>
>
> ---
>
> Documentation/nfsroot.txt | 17 ++++++++++++++---
> 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> bb5fd479f34c5c53f3e3316052656c7795c02f90
> diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> index a87d4af..d56dc71 100644
> --- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Mounting the root filesystem via NFS (nf
>
> Written 1996 by Gero Kuhlmann <[email protected]>
> Updated 1997 by Martin Mares <[email protected]>
> +Updated 2006 by Nico Schottelius <[email protected]>
>
>
>
> @@ -168,7 +169,6 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> root. If it got a BOOTP answer the directory name in that answer
> is used.
>
> -
> 3.2) Using LILO
> When using LILO you can specify all necessary command line
> parameters with the 'append=' command in the LILO configuration
> @@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> LILO and its 'append=' command please refer to the LILO
> documentation.
>
> -3.3) Using loadlin
> +3.3) Using GRUB
> + When you use GRUB, you simply append the parameters after the kernel
> + specification: "kernel <kernel> <parameters>" (without the quotes).
> +
> +3.4) Using loadlin
> When you want to boot Linux from a DOS command prompt without
> having a local hard disk to mount as root, you can use loadlin.
> I was told that it works, but haven't used it myself yet. In
> @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> lar to how LILO is doing it. Please refer to the loadlin docu-
> mentation for further information.
>
> -3.4) Using a boot ROM
> +3.5) Using a boot ROM
> This is probably the most elegant way of booting a diskless
> client. With a boot ROM the kernel gets loaded using the TFTP
> protocol. As far as I know, no commercial boot ROMs yet
> @@ -194,6 +198,13 @@ depend on what facilities are available:
> and its mirrors. They are called 'netboot-nfs' and 'etherboot'.
> Both contain everything you need to boot a diskless Linux client.
>
> +3.6) Using pxelinux
> + Using pxelinux you specify the kernel you built with
> + "kernel <relative-path-below /tftpboot>". The nfsroot parameters
> + are passed to the kernel by adding them to the "append" line.
> + You may perhaps also want to fine tune the console output,
> + see Documentation/serial-console.txt for serial console help.
> +
>
>
>
> --
> 1.1.5
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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> Please reply to nico-kernel2 (same domain as sending address).
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Setting From: address on your end is trivial. Having to jump through
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On Sat, 2006-03-18 09:55:48 -0500, Arthur Othieno <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 12:02:32PM +0100, Nico Schottelius wrote:
> I'll fall out as patch monkey in re-transmission mode now. Please send
> patch to <[email protected]> (added to Cc). Thanks.
> > --
> > Please reply to nico-kernel2 (same domain as sending address).
> > Replying to this address needs a confirmation, but works, too.
>
> Setting From: address on your end is trivial. Having to jump through
> hoops like these to provide any feedback is just a waste of peoples'
> time, really.
Nico does this willfully for whatever reasons (trapping SPAM or
something), I even asked him to stop this nonsense some time ago but
he seemed to like that idea. (I was about to help him on a problem at
that time.) So right now, he's in my ~/.killfile ... No hassle...
MfG, JBG
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Arthur Othieno [Sat, Mar 18, 2006 at 09:55:48AM -0500]:
> [...]
> Setting From: address on your end is trivial. Having to jump through
> hoops like these to provide any feedback is just a waste of peoples'
> time, really.
Sorry, did not really see that is so annoying.
So now you can reply directly to me.
Nico
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