Recently the documentation in Documentation/nfsroot.txt was update to note that in fact ip=off and ip=::::::off as the latter is ignored and the default (on) is used.
This was certainly a step in the direction of reducing confusion. But it seems to me that the code ought to be fixed up so that ip=::::::off actually turns off ip autoconfiguration. This patch also notes more specifically that ip=on (aka ip=::::::on) is the default. Cc: Amos Waterland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:48:16 +0900 * Removed check on if (name) in ic_proto_name(). It should have been if (*name == '\0'), but even then its a bit bogus, providing an early exit for a code-path that is called approximately once. Index: net-2.6.25/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c =================================================================== --- net-2.6.25.orig/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c 2007-12-26 11:56:20.000000000 +0900 +++ net-2.6.25/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c 2007-12-26 11:57:04.000000000 +0900 @@ -1417,6 +1417,10 @@ static int __init ic_proto_name(char *na if (!strcmp(name, "on") || !strcmp(name, "any")) { return 1; } + if (!strcmp(name, "off") || !strcmp(name, "none")) { + ic_enable = 0; + return 1; + } #ifdef CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP else if (!strcmp(name, "dhcp")) { ic_proto_enabled &= ~IC_RARP; @@ -1451,12 +1455,6 @@ static int __init ip_auto_config_setup(c ic_set_manually = 1; - ic_enable = (*addrs && - (strcmp(addrs, "off") != 0) && - (strcmp(addrs, "none") != 0)); - if (!ic_enable) - return 1; - if (ic_proto_name(addrs)) return 1; Index: net-2.6.25/Documentation/nfsroot.txt =================================================================== --- net-2.6.25.orig/Documentation/nfsroot.txt 2007-12-26 11:56:20.000000000 +0900 +++ net-2.6.25/Documentation/nfsroot.txt 2007-12-26 11:57:04.000000000 +0900 @@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netm 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. Default: Determined using autoconfiguration. @@ -150,6 +146,7 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netm off or none: don't use autoconfiguration on or any: use any protocol available in the kernel + (default) dhcp: use DHCP bootp: use BOOTP rarp: use RARP -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html