Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:30:58 +0100 From: Thomas Moestl <tmoestl@gmx.net> To: Markus Wild <mwild@vianetworks.ch> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netbooting freebsd-sparc64 howto Message-ID: <20021202223058.GB405@crow.dom2ip.de> In-Reply-To: <200212022151.WAA86673@mail.kpnqwest.ch> References: <200212022151.WAA86673@mail.kpnqwest.ch>
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On Mon, 2002/12/02 at 22:51:36 +0100, Markus Wild wrote: > > You still need tftp for boot net:dhcp. bootp just provides a filename > > and machine to download from, it doesn't actually transfer files. The > > firmware uses tftp to grab a particular file from the specified machine. > > On the matter of bootp and the various BOOTP kernel options: what is > the rationale behind the sparc64 port _not_ using a cpu_rootconf() > function (such as for example in the i386 port) to avoid refetching > the network parameters that the firmware loader already retrieved and > passed on to the kernel, at least as an option? You don't need BOOTP any more. The setup is done in sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c (since r.1.122), and obtains the parameters from the loader via the kernel environment. - Thomas -- Thomas Moestl <tmoestl@gmx.net> http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0015675/ <tmm@FreeBSD.org> http://people.FreeBSD.org/~tmm/ PGP fingerprint: 1C97 A604 2BD0 E492 51D0 9C0F 1FE6 4F1D 419C 776C To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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