On 07/04/2018 05:09, Chris Novakovic wrote: > Distributed filesystems are most effective when the server and client > clocks are synchronised. Embedded devices often use NFS for their > root filesystem but typically do not contain an RTC, so the clocks of > the NFS server and the embedded device will be out-of-sync when the root > filesystem is mounted (and may not be synchronised until late in the > boot process). > > Extend ipconfig with the ability to export IP addresses of NTP servers > it discovers to /proc/net/ntp. They can be supplied as follows: > > - If ipconfig is configured manually via the "ip=" or "nfsaddrs=" > kernel command line parameters, one NTP server can be specified in > the new "<ntp-ip>" parameter. > - If ipconfig is autoconfigured via DHCP, request DHCP option 42 in > the DHCPDISCOVER message, and record the IP addresses of up to three > NTP servers sent by the responding DHCP server in the subsequent > DHCPOFFER message. > > ipconfig will only write the NTP server IP addresses it discovers to > /proc/net/ntp, one per line (in the order received from the DHCP server, > if DHCP autoconfiguration is used); making use of these NTP servers is > the responsibility of a user space process (e.g. an initrd/initram > script that invokes an NTP client before mounting an NFS root > filesystem). > > Signed-off-by: Chris Novakovic <ch...@chrisn.me.uk>
Sorry, I just spotted a minor typo in the commit message and documentation in this patch --- I'll send a v2 shortly.
