Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:49:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:48:09 -0500 Received: from h24-70-162-27.wp.shawcable.net ([24.70.162.27]:13200 "EHLO ubb.apia.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:46:41 -0500 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20011218.113725.82100134.davem@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20011215.220646.69411478.davem@redhat.com> <20011218190621.A28147@buzz.ichilton.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Organisation: Judean People's Front; Department of Whips, Chains, Thumb-Screws, Six Tons of Whipping Cream, the Entire Soprano Section of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Guest Apperances of Eva Peron aka Eric Conspiracy Secret Laboratories X-Disclaimer-1: This message has been edited from it's original form by members of the Eric Conspiracy. X-Disclaimer-2: There is no Eric Conspiracy. X-Not-For-Humans: aardvark@apia.dhs.org and zebra@apia.dhs.org are spamtraps. Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:46:03 -0600 To: "David S. Miller" From: "Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler" Subject: Re: 2.4.17-rc1 wont do nfs root on Javastation Cc: ian@ichilton.co.uk, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org At 1:37 PM -0600 12/18/01, David S. Miller wrote: > From: "Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler" > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:32:00 -0600 > > I really think it should be a compile-time option to have it default to on, > but I never figured out who maintains it. > >How then would you get a generic, yet NFS-ROOT capable kernel? >Answer: you can't Compile-time *Option*, as in "IP-Autoconfig default to on: (yes/no)". If you need to build a kernel generica for a platform where you can pass a commandline easily, you just leave it at 'no', and get the same behaviour as current. If you need to build a kernel to nfsroot on a platform where setting a commandline is difficult or impossible (like javastation), set it to 'yes', and get a working nfsroot. Simple. Alternatley, having a configuration option to set a commandline, like some other arches have, would also work. Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :) -- Tony "Nicoya" Mantler - Renaissance Nerd Extraordinaire - nicoya@apia.dhs.org Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -- http://nicoya.feline.pp.se/ - 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/