From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 10 02:36:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id CAA26314 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:36:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com ([140.145.230.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA26280; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 02:35:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from critter.tfs.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00615; Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:35:25 +0200 (MET DST) To: Mark Powell cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RARP and bootparamd per NetBSD [was Re: Root filesystem on NFS, Linux style ???] In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:31:22 BST." Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:35:24 +0200 Message-ID: <613.836991324@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message , Mark Powell writes: >On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > >> >> I must have missed the original email, I don't recall the subject. > >Basically getting the kernel, if it has no rootfs to perform a RARP >request to get it's IP address. From NetBSD-current sys/nfs/nfs_boot.c: > Hmm, nice... >> patches are most welcome of course. > >Well... I have identified the section of code that needs working on, but >I've not modified a FreeBSD kernel, previously. It'll need some learning >curve climbing. Thought it might be elementary for one of the kernel aces >to slip in, between coffees, so to speak :) Well, I only drink tea, so there is never any time between coffees for me :-/ I'll put it on my list, but it will be down at the far end for now, and that means about 80 entries on top of this one :-( I suggest you give it a shot, it shouldn't be that hard actually... -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.