Re: 2.4.17-rc1 wont do nfs root on Javastation

Maciej W. Rozycki (macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl)
Tue, 18 Dec 2001 21:33:27 +0100 (MET)


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=<whatever>" 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...

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