Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:55:02 +0300 (EEST) From: Jari Kirma <kirma@cs.hut.fi> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/55802: Make kernel.GENERIC suitable for diskless use with etherboot Message-ID: <200308201155.h7KBt2HR008134@rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi> Resent-Message-ID: <200308201200.h7KC0ToG009453@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 55802 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Make kernel.GENERIC suitable for diskless use with etherboot >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: Wed Aug 20 05:00:28 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jari Kirma >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 >Organization: Helsinki University of Technology >Environment: >Description: GENERIC kernel lacks suitable options for being used with etherboot (loading kernel image directly, without a boot loader such as pxeboot that could supply kernel parameters such as root disk name). This is basically BOOTP options. I'm not certain how BOOTP options work, but obviously, such a version of GENERIC would require variant that uses BOOTP (or DHCP) to acquire required data only if it is not already set by a boot loader. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Add sufficient kernel options to the configuration file after checking they don't override any defaults set earlier in the boot process. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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