From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 8 18:21:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3258416A420 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:21:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from mh2.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370EA43D58 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:21:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh2.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k27DEr81080200; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 07:14:58 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <440D874B.8030907@centtech.com> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:14:51 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060112) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Brian J. McGovern" References: <200603070249.k272nQYm068179@spoon.beta.com> In-Reply-To: <200603070249.k272nQYm068179@spoon.beta.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1317/Tue Mar 7 00:06:47 2006 on mh2.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches for bootparamd for multiple subnets of interest? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:21:59 -0000 Brian J. McGovern wrote: > All, > I've done some hacking on bootparamd to support multiple subnets > (along with applying some patches to allow some Sun-specific behavior) that > I'm using for jumpstarting Solaris/Sparc boxes across a boatload of small > subnets. > > The most obvious change is adding a -R parameter, that allows you to > specify a router and netmask (and multiple -R's are accepted), so that > bootparamd can build an internal list of subnets and gateways when multihomed, > or supporting VLANs via the vlan(4) driver. > > I can provide patches against 6.0, and with a bit of work, -current > (I doubt there is much change). Is there sufficient interest to make it worth > bundling up the diffs? > Patches to 6- are definitely of interest! We've recently banged our heads against this problem.. Thanks!! Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------