From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 10 15:30:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F5FD106567A for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF7F8FC1E for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2AFU0Ne017664 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2AFU0Ev017661; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803101530.m2AFU0Ev017661@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Robert Schulze Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E515A1065671 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:26:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E55158FC19 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:26:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2AFNYft066712 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:23:34 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2AFNYQh066711; Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:23:34 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200803101523.m2AFNYQh066711@www.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:23:34 GMT From: Robert Schulze To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: kern/121566: ethernet iface should be brought up when booting from a mfs_root over nfs X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:01 -0000 >Number: 121566 >Category: kern >Synopsis: ethernet iface should be brought up when booting from a mfs_root over nfs >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 10 15:30:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Robert Schulze >Release: 6.2/7.0 >Organization: bytecamp >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd.localdomain 6.2-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p7 #0: Thu Aug 16 16:45:18 CEST 2007 root@freebsd.localdomain:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: When booting a diskless client through a NFS-root, the code in /usr/src/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c fires up an interface with the data from the previous DHCP-request, so it can mount the nfs-share. When booting the same diskless client through a NFS-shared root-RAM-disk, these settings do not become applied. The functionality of /etc/rc.initdiskless is then obviously broken, because it can't get the right templates to process and can't mount anything (see diskless_remount) from a NFS-server. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Maybe the code which initializes the interface with the help of the DHCP-Parameters should be issued by vfs_mountroot_try() before mounting anything else. Or one could copy the code to /dev/md/md.c and bring out a kernel-option to en/disable this code, when using a MD_ROOT. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: