Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 15:16:44 +0100 From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik <dirkx@webweaving.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] make BOOTP not panic working PXE configs Message-ID: <EBDADAFC-5C9C-11D8-8B81-000A27B4B4E0@webweaving.org> In-Reply-To: <20040211010009.GA1211@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20040211010009.GA1211@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On 11/02/2004, at 2:00 AM, Brooks Davis wrote: > When using the PXE loader and a stock kernel you can specify the root > path as with "option root-path" with a path like > "/usr/diskless/5.2-CURRENT". The server is then derived from the value > of next-server (the siaddr entry in the dhcp packet). If you add > options BOOTP to your kernel this configuration causes a panic because > the kernel wants a root path like "10.1.0.1:/usr/diskless/5.2-CURRENT". > This has been annoying me for quite some time so today I took a look at > the problem. The following patch fixes it. I'd like to commit it > soon, > any objections? > Yes please! - tested and fixes a long standing problem for us. Dw.
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