Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:34:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:34:35 -0500 Received: from delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl ([213.192.72.1]:23225 "EHLO delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:34:29 -0500 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:33:27 +0100 (MET) From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" To: "David S. Miller" cc: nicoya@apia.dhs.org, ian@ichilton.co.uk, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.17-rc1 wont do nfs root on Javastation In-Reply-To: <20011218.113725.82100134.davem@redhat.com> Message-ID: Organization: Technical University of Gdansk MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, David S. Miller wrote: > 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 Still it's quite dumb you *have* to specify "ip=" whenever you specify "root=nfs" to boot successfully, since the latter usually implies you need IP to work. I have a hack that fixes it (I need it due to a 37-character limit of a bootstrap command line in a firmware), but I recall a discussion the conclusion of which was the current behaviour is blessed, so I didn't even try to bother anyone with it... -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + - 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/