From owner-cvs-all Sat Mar 14 09:33:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA06992 for cvs-all-outgoing; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:33:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA06981 for ; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:33:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA14604; Sat, 14 Mar 1998 18:33:29 +0100 (CET) To: Tor Egge cc: winter@jurai.net, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/conf LINT src/sys/nfs bootp_subr.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 18:07:39 +0100." <199803141707.SAA19171@pat.idi.ntnu.no> Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 18:33:29 +0100 Message-ID: <14602.889896809@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk In message <199803141707.SAA19171@pat.idi.ntnu.no>, Tor Egge writes: >> Wouldn't a more generic (and useful) solution be to send out bootp >> requests from all interfaces and use the first reply? Hardcoding each >> kernel in a multiplatform enviornment would be a major PITA. > >Yes. A general solution should > > - First send DHCP queries on all interfaces > > - Fall back to accepting BOOTP answers on interfaces where no > DHCP answer was received > > - Fall back to RARP queries on interfaces where no answer was received > > - If no location for the root directory was specified in any > BOOTP/DHCP answer but RARP was used to specify an interface > address, the kernel should consult the bootparam daemon on the > machine giving the RARP reply. - And failing that, broadcast a bootparamd request on all interfaces. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "Drink MONO-tonic, it goes down but it will NEVER come back up!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message