Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 11:35:24 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> To: Mark Powell <mark@ucsalf.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RARP and bootparamd per NetBSD [was Re: Root filesystem on NFS, Linux style ???] Message-ID: <613.836991324@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:31:22 BST." <Pine.BSI.3.94.960710102512.21061A-100000@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk>
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In message <Pine.BSI.3.94.960710102512.21061A-100000@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk>, 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.
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