From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 05:00:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD0C816A4BF for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC13843FE3 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:00:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7KC0TUp009454 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:00:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7KC0ToG009453; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 05:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200308201200.h7KC0ToG009453@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, Jari Kirma Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CA916A4C0 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi (rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi [130.233.41.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B99643FBF for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 04:55:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkirma@rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi) Received: from rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi (jkirma@localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7KBt2Mf008135 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:55:02 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from jkirma@rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi) Received: (from jkirma@localhost) by rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7KBt2HR008134; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:55:02 +0300 (EEST) Message-Id: <200308201155.h7KBt2HR008134@rakuuna.niksula.hut.fi> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 14:55:02 +0300 (EEST) From: Jari Kirma To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.113 Subject: kern/55802: Make kernel.GENERIC suitable for diskless use with etherboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jari Kirma List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:00:31 -0000 >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: