Subject: Re: kernel vs boot-program
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/14/1994 11:04:14
> > i' just got finished adding the bootparam code to your stuff. Also
> > added some reverse arp support.
>
> Oh. I guess I'm too late to try to instigate a discussion.
> I look forward to having the new functionality.
>
Not true. discussion useful. I'm still not entirely sure its the
right thing to do. and it certainly isn't in the tree yet.
> One question though:
> Will I still be able to boot diskless without any bootpararmd server?
> I'd rather not have to port bootparamd to my SysVr4 server.
>
> Gordon
well you can implement nfs_boot() also using a kernelized client
bootp, but i haven't done that and figured someone else would.
the idea would be that nfs_mountroot() doesn't care about hte
protocols used.
nfs_boot() would have n-supported pprotocols: bootparam, bootp, ?*
later,
Adam
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