Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1945945AbXBBPrZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:47:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1945937AbXBBPrZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:47:25 -0500 Received: from 147.175.241.83.in-addr.dgcsystems.net ([83.241.175.147]:20203 "EHLO tmnt04.transmode.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1945945AbXBBPrY convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:47:24 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Subject: RE: [PATCH]ip_auto_config bug in 2.6.20-rc6 Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 16:47:21 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [PATCH]ip_auto_config bug in 2.6.20-rc6 thread-index: AcdG3jzFgpeLcpBYTa2+kKerAvIEpgAAlCLA From: "Joakim Tjernlund" To: "Thomas Bogendoerfer" , "Jan Engelhardt" Cc: "Netdev" , "Linux-Kernel" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1102 Lines: 34 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Bogendoerfer [mailto:tsbogend@alpha.franken.de] > Sent: 02 February 2007 16:18 > To: Jan Engelhardt > Cc: Joakim Tjernlund; Netdev; Linux-Kernel > Subject: Re: [PATCH]ip_auto_config bug in 2.6.20-rc6 > > On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 02:27:29PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > >> I think this is a bug since I am not using a NFS root FS. > > > > I just wonder why IP_PNP has not been obsoleted and removed > from the > > tree yet, given that initramfs is the advertised way to do so such > > things. > > I hope this will not happen. Using BOOTP/NFS makes kernel hacking much > easier on not yet supported machines, which offer tftp in > their firmware. > > Thomas. Just want to add a me too :) Jocke PS. This is the first mail I have received in response to my postings, please CC me on any replies. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/