From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 9 15:20:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2642716A4CF for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:20:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail1.speakeasy.net (mail1.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.201]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4011D43D49 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:20:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 2635 invoked from network); 9 Jul 2004 15:20:14 -0000 Received: from dsl027-160-063.atl1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) encrypted SMTP for ; 9 Jul 2004 15:20:14 -0000 Received: from 10.50.41.229 (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i69FKA3Z088049; Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:20:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) From: John Baldwin To: Brian Somers Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:21:26 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.6 References: <200407082235.i68MZaBH030076@repoman.freebsd.org> <200407091114.44971.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200407091114.44971.jhb@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200407091121.26838.jhb@FreeBSD.org> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on server.baldwin.cx cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@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 ... X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 15:20:20 -0000 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 <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org