Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 18:33:29 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Tor Egge <Tor.Egge@idi.ntnu.no> Cc: winter@jurai.net, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf options src/sys/i386/conf LINT src/sys/nfs bootp_subr.c Message-ID: <14602.889896809@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Mar 1998 18:07:39 %2B0100." <199803141707.SAA19171@pat.idi.ntnu.no>
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In message <199803141707.SAA19171@pat.idi.ntnu.no>, Tor Egge writes: >> Wouldn't a more generic (and useful) solution be to send out bootp >> requests from all interfaces and use the first reply? Hardcoding each >> kernel in a multiplatform enviornment would be a major PITA. > >Yes. A general solution should > > - First send DHCP queries on all interfaces > > - Fall back to accepting BOOTP answers on interfaces where no > DHCP answer was received > > - Fall back to RARP queries on interfaces where no answer was received > > - If no location for the root directory was specified in any > BOOTP/DHCP answer but RARP was used to specify an interface > address, the kernel should consult the bootparam daemon on the > machine giving the RARP reply. - And failing that, broadcast a bootparamd request on all interfaces. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "Drink MONO-tonic, it goes down but it will NEVER come back up!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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