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authorAmos Waterland <apw@us.ibm.com>2007-12-14 11:30:22 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-12-14 13:54:40 -0800
commitf33e1d9fa20381afa3be7e7f560c59845bfa5cec (patch)
tree4de2973e4f53cc8d10da205810e757ad0b998a40
parentf58adb757be48068e2bded3dd77ba072c22a10ff (diff)
[IPV4]: Updates to nfsroot documentation
The difference between ip=off and ip=::::::off has been a cause of much confusion. Document how each behaves, and do not contradict ourselves by saying that "off" is the default when in fact "any" is the default and is descibed as being so lower in the file. Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <apw@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/nfsroot.txt12
-rw-r--r--net/ipv4/ipconfig.c20
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
index 16a7cae2721..9b956a96936 100644
--- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt
@@ -92,8 +92,14 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>
autoconfiguration.
The <autoconf> parameter can appear alone as the value to the `ip'
- parameter (without all the ':' characters before) in which case auto-
- configuration is used.
+ parameter (without all the ':' characters before). If the value is
+ "ip=off" or "ip=none", no autoconfiguration will take place, otherwise
+ autoconfiguration will take place. The most common way to use this
+ is "ip=dhcp".
+
+ Note that "ip=off" is not the same thing as "ip=::::::off", because in
+ the latter autoconfiguration will take place if any of DHCP, BOOTP or RARP
+ are compiled in the kernel.
<client-ip> IP address of the client.
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>
into the kernel will be used, regardless of the value of
this option.
- off or none: don't use autoconfiguration (default)
+ off or none: don't use autoconfiguration
on or any: use any protocol available in the kernel
dhcp: use DHCP
bootp: use BOOTP
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index c5c107a0182..96400b0bd08 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -1396,25 +1396,7 @@ late_initcall(ip_auto_config);
/*
* Decode any IP configuration options in the "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" kernel
- * command line parameter. It consists of option fields separated by colons in
- * the following order:
- *
- * <client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<host name>:<device>:<PROTO>
- *
- * Any of the fields can be empty which means to use a default value:
- * <client-ip> - address given by BOOTP or RARP
- * <server-ip> - address of host returning BOOTP or RARP packet
- * <gw-ip> - none, or the address returned by BOOTP
- * <netmask> - automatically determined from <client-ip>, or the
- * one returned by BOOTP
- * <host name> - <client-ip> in ASCII notation, or the name returned
- * by BOOTP
- * <device> - use all available devices
- * <PROTO>:
- * off|none - don't do autoconfig at all (DEFAULT)
- * on|any - use any configured protocol
- * dhcp|bootp|rarp - use only the specified protocol
- * both - use both BOOTP and RARP (not DHCP)
+ * command line parameter. See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
*/
static int __init ic_proto_name(char *name)
{