RE: Re: 2.2.18pre21 - IP kernel level autoconfiguration

[(Chip Schweiss) chip@innovates.com]

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The problem seems to be deeper than that.  I first encountered the 
problem with only bootp compiled in.  In my configuration I am not able 
to supply kernel parameters on the client which may be why you were 
able to get bootp to execute.

Chip



> It seem somewhere between 2.2.17 and the current 2.2.18 kernel, IP 
> kernel level autoconfiguration has been broken. Upon kernel loading 
> the Ethernet card is detected and loaded properly, but the bootp code 
> never seems to be executed and mounting the root partion via NFS then 
> fails from lack of IP configuration. 
> I haven't had any luck tracing down the root of this problem. 
> Anyone else experience this problem or have a patch to fix it? 

Hi!

I've the same behavior here:

 server kernel : 2.2.17
 dhcpd         : 2.0b1pl29
 client kernel : 2.2.18-21
 client cmdline: root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=/foo/bar ip=bootp

After some quick tests seem that if you want bootp
you _need_ to compile the client's kernel with _only_ bootp,
if you have also dhcp, it doesn't work :(

Dhcp into kernel is COOL and I hope that someone is
porting on 2.4 ;), doesn't seem that hard

hope this help,
luca

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