Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:21:26 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/alpha/alpha autoconf.c src/sys/amd64/amd64 autoconf.c src/sys/boot/common dev_net.c loader.8 src/sys/boot/forth loader.conf src/sys/conf NOTES files options src/sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c locore.s src/sys/ia64/ia64 autoconf.c ... Message-ID: <200407091121.26838.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200407091114.44971.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200407082235.i68MZaBH030076@repoman.freebsd.org> <200407091114.44971.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Friday 09 July 2004 11:14 am, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 08 July 2004 06:35 pm, Brian Somers wrote: > > brian 2004-07-08 22:35:36 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/alpha/alpha autoconf.c > > sys/amd64/amd64 autoconf.c > > sys/boot/common dev_net.c loader.8 > > sys/boot/forth loader.conf > > sys/conf NOTES files options > > sys/i386/i386 autoconf.c locore.s > > sys/ia64/ia64 autoconf.c > > sys/modules/nfs4client Makefile > > sys/modules/nfsclient Makefile > > sys/netinet ip_input.c > > sys/nfs4client nfs4_vfsops.c > > sys/nfsclient bootp_subr.c nfs_vfsops.c > > Log: > > Change the following environment variables to kernel options: > > > > bootp -> BOOTP > > bootp.nfsroot -> BOOTP_NFSROOT > > bootp.nfsv3 -> BOOTP_NFSV3 > > bootp.compat -> BOOTP_COMPAT > > bootp.wired_to -> BOOTP_WIRED_TO > > > > - i.e. back out the previous commit. It's already possible to > > pxeboot(8) with a GENERIC kernel. > > > > Pointed out by: dwmalone > > What about netbooting on other architectures? If I understood your first > change correctly, it would let me netboot alpha or sparc64 with a GENERIC > kernel by setting some hints instead of having to compile a custom kernel. > It seems to me that being able to tweak these settings from the loader w/o > having to recompile the kernel is a definite win. Perhaps BOOTP should still be an option as per Robert's e-mail, but it would be nice to have all the other ones as tunables rather than options. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org
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