Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 07:14:51 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@beta.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patches for bootparamd for multiple subnets of interest? Message-ID: <440D874B.8030907@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200603070249.k272nQYm068179@spoon.beta.com> References: <200603070249.k272nQYm068179@spoon.beta.com>
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Brian J. McGovern wrote: > All, > I've done some hacking on bootparamd to support multiple subnets > (along with applying some patches to allow some Sun-specific behavior) that > I'm using for jumpstarting Solaris/Sparc boxes across a boatload of small > subnets. > > The most obvious change is adding a -R parameter, that allows you to > specify a router and netmask (and multiple -R's are accepted), so that > bootparamd can build an internal list of subnets and gateways when multihomed, > or supporting VLANs via the vlan(4) driver. > > I can provide patches against 6.0, and with a bit of work, -current > (I doubt there is much change). Is there sufficient interest to make it worth > bundling up the diffs? > Patches to 6- are definitely of interest! We've recently banged our heads against this problem.. Thanks!! Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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