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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make IP-Config work without ip= supplied
Date: 18 Feb 2002 14:34:25 -0800
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Followup to:  <20020218222451.GA23899@main.braxis.co.uk>
By author:    Krzysztof Rusocki <kszysiu@main.braxis.co.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just noticed that IP-Config behavior when no ip= parm is used has changed in
> 2.2.18.
> 
> Up to 2.2.17 IP-Config was enabled even when ip= was omitted. I think that
> it's good for use in i.e. diskless nodes.
> 
> Since 2.2.18, IP-Config does nothing at all until ip= is passed to the
> kernel, however Documentation/nfsroot.txt still says that IP-Config is
> enabled by default. Was that intentional change?
> 
> Such behavior remains in both 2.2.20 and 2.4.18-rc1. Following patches
> (against these two kernel trees) make IP-Config enabled by default.
> 

I don't think this is a good idea.  The current behaviour should work
across the board.  Diskless nodes should use a diskless bootloader
which support command lines -- that way you get to specify the mode as
well.  *ALL* nodes should use the command line these days.

Can we get rid of the g----d bootsect.S, please?

	-hpa
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