Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:05:04 +0200 From: "Ronald Klop" <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> To: "John-Mark Gurney" <jmg@funkthat.com>, "Oleksandr Tymoshenko" <gonzo@bluezbox.com>, "Douglas Beattie" <beattidp@ieee.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS root on BeagleBone Black Message-ID: <op.wzx3eqt68527sy@ronaldradial.versatec.local> In-Reply-To: <E02E111C-DC63-490B-AA5D-B397152686F2@ieee.org> References: <0D94186F-F592-44C4-9F76-9E4B4B487468@ieee.org> <20130708054342.GB26412@funkthat.com> <E02E111C-DC63-490B-AA5D-B397152686F2@ieee.org>
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On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:37:21 +0200, Douglas Beattie <beattidp@ieee.org> wrote: > On Jul 7, 2013, at 11:43 PM, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >> Douglas Beattie wrote this message on Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 23:06 -0600: >>> >>> options NFS_ROOT #NFS usable as /, requires >>> NFSCL >>> options >>> ROOTDEVNAME=\"nfs:192.168.0.198:/opt/tftpboot/beaglebone\" >> >> Do you have: >> options BOOTP >> >> in your kernel to give the interface an ip address? I don't see >> anything in your dmesg about the kernel trying to get an ip address >> before it tries to nfs mount root. >> >> There isn't any communication from U-Boot to the kernel on what the ip >> address is suppose to be... The kernel needs to rediscover it itself. > > > > I tried enabling 'BOOTP' and related options at first, but reverted to > only 'NFS_ROOT', since I don't have a BOOTP service. Isn't BOOTP about the same protocol as DHCP? Oh no, wait. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrap_Protocol 'Most DHCP servers also function as BOOTP servers.' Maybe you can just hardcode its IP. Ronald.
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