Any more net booters out there having the same problem? If you haven't
yet, have a crack at 2.2.18. Looks like it breaks NFS root, and that is
something that should be looked into...
I'm forwarding to linux-kernel as requested, but I did receive two copies
of your message, so I guess it circulated OK.
Regards,
----------------------------------------------------------------
Jorge L. deLyra, Associate Professor of Physics
The University of Sao Paulo, IFUSP-DFMA
For more information: finger delyra@latt.if.usp.br
----------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:20:46 -0700
> From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
> To: "Jorge L. deLyra" <delyra@latt.if.usp.br>
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: NFS root doesn't work with 2.2.18.
>
> "Jorge L. deLyra" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I had a K7 booting kernel 2.2.17 OK and mounting an NFS root but that
> > doesn't work anymore if I use the 2.2.18 kernel.
> >
> > Both kernels were compiled with the same configs. I'm also using the same
> > lilo and NBI configs, both used to work. In either case the new kernel
> > boots but can't mount the root. I can't boot 2.2.18 via NBI because I
> > don't see any messages, looks like the serial driver never comes in.
> >
> > I send below the relevant parts of the boot messages for the 2.2.17 and
> > 2.2.18 kernels. Looks like 2.2.18 never gets to the point of trying to
> > raise the network and panics because it can't find its root. Is this a
> > known problem? Is there a known fix?
>
> I have the same problem, but for some reason mail sent to LK just
> dissappears into a black hole (I receive it fine...)
>
> Could you foward this mail to LK for me?
>
>
> NOTE: It fails to work in exactly the same way on 2.4.prerelease.
>
> I am able to successfully net-boot (using nfs-root, kernel-bootp, etc)
> kernel 2.2.17 with the config file attached. However, if I use that same
> config file on 2.2.18, the resulting kernel will not net-boot.
> The config file is attached.
>
> The problem seems to be that the kernel never asks for the address via dhcp (or bootp)
> after the boot-rom has downloaded and started the kernel.
> I do see the kernel discover the ethernet interfaces, but it dies shortly
> there-after.
>
> Here is the config:
>
>
> #
> # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
> #
>
> #
> # Code maturity level options
> #
> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
>
> #
> # Processor type and features
> #
> # CONFIG_M386 is not set
> # CONFIG_M486 is not set
> CONFIG_M586=y
> # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
> # CONFIG_M686 is not set
> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> CONFIG_1GB=y
> # CONFIG_2GB is not set
> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set
> # CONFIG_MTRR is not set
> # CONFIG_SMP is not set
>
> #
> # Loadable module support
> #
> CONFIG_MODULES=y
> # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set
> # CONFIG_KMOD is not set
>
> #
> # General setup
> #
> CONFIG_NET=y
> CONFIG_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
> CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
> # CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
> CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
> # CONFIG_MCA is not set
> # CONFIG_VISWS is not set
> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set
> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
> CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
> # CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set
> # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set
> # CONFIG_APM is not set
> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set
>
> #
> # Plug and Play support
> #
> # CONFIG_PNP is not set
>
> #
> # Block devices
> #
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
>
> #
> # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives
> #
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set
> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82C586 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD646 is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set
> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set
>
> #
> # Additional Block Devices
> #
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
> CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y
> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set
>
> #
> # Networking options
> #
> CONFIG_PACKET=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK=y
> CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
> CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
> CONFIG_FILTER=y
> CONFIG_UNIX=y
> CONFIG_INET=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set
> CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y
> CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK=y
> CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS=y
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_LARGE_TABLES=y
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_NAT=y
> CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP is not set
> CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP=y
> # CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP is not set
> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y
> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_NETLINK=y
> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK=y
> CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y
> # CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE is not set
> CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y
> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set
> CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y
> # CONFIG_ARPD is not set
> # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set
>
> #
> # (it is safe to leave these untouched)
> #
> # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set
> CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y
> # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
>
> #
> #
> #
> # CONFIG_IPX is not set
> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set
> # CONFIG_X25 is not set
> # CONFIG_LAPB is not set
> # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set
> # CONFIG_LLC is not set
> CONFIG_VLAN_802_1Q=y
> # CONFIG_ECONET is not set
> # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set
> # CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set
>
> #
> # QoS and/or fair queueing
> #
> # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set
>
> #
> # Telephony Support
> #
> # CONFIG_PHONE is not set
>
> #
> # SCSI support
> #
> # CONFIG_SCSI is not set
>
> #
> # I2O device support
> #
> # CONFIG_I2O is not set
>
> #
> # Network device support
> #
> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
>
> #
> # ARCnet devices
> #
> # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set
> CONFIG_DUMMY=y
> # CONFIG_BONDING is not set
> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set
> # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set
>
> #
> # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)
> #
> CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
> CONFIG_LANCE=y
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
> CONFIG_RTL8139=y
> # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
> CONFIG_NET_EISA=y
> # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set
> # CONFIG_AC3200 is not set
> # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set
> # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set
> # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set
> # CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set
> CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=y
> # CONFIG_DGRS is not set
> # CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100 is not set
> # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set
> # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set
> CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=y
> # CONFIG_TLAN is not set
> # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set
> # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set
> # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set
> # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set
> # CONFIG_ZNET is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
>
> #
> # Ethernet (1000 Mbit)
> #
> # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set
> # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set
> # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set
> # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set
> # CONFIG_FDDI is not set
> # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set
> CONFIG_PPP=y
>
> #
> # CCP compressors for PPP will also be built in.
> #
> CONFIG_SLIP=y
> CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y
> CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y
> # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set
> # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set
>
> #
> # Token ring devices
> #
> CONFIG_TR=y
> CONFIG_IBMTR=y
> CONFIG_IBMLS=y
> CONFIG_IBMOL=y
> CONFIG_SKTR=y
> CONFIG_OLTR=y
> # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set
> # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set
> # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set
>
> #
> # Wan interfaces
> #
> # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set
> # CONFIG_COSA is not set
> # CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set
> # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP is not set
> # CONFIG_LANMEDIA is not set
> # CONFIG_COMX is not set
> # CONFIG_HDLC is not set
> # CONFIG_DLCI is not set
> # CONFIG_SBNI is not set
>
> #
> # Amateur Radio support
> #
> # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set
>
> #
> # IrDA (infrared) support
> #
> # CONFIG_IRDA is not set
>
> #
> # ISDN subsystem
> #
> # CONFIG_ISDN is not set
>
> #
> # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)
> #
> # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set
>
> #
> # Character devices
> #
> CONFIG_VT=y
> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y
> CONFIG_SERIAL=y
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set
> # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y
> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256
> CONFIG_MOUSE=y
>
> #
> # Mice
> #
> # CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
> # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set
> # CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
> # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set
> # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set
>
> #
> # Joysticks
> #
> # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set
> # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
> # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
> # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set
> # CONFIG_RTC is not set
>
> #
> # Video For Linux
> #
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set
> # CONFIG_DTLK is not set
>
> #
> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver
> #
> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set
>
> #
> # Filesystems
> #
> # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set
> CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_FAT_FS=y
> CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
> CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y
> # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set
> # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_PROC_FS=y
> CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y
> # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set
> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
> # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set
>
> #
> # Network File Systems
> #
> # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
> CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
> CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y
> CONFIG_NFSD=y
> # CONFIG_NFSD_SUN is not set
> CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
> CONFIG_LOCKD=y
> # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
> # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
>
> #
> # Partition Types
> #
> # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set
> # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set
> # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set
> # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set
> CONFIG_NLS=y
>
> #
> # Native Language Support
> #
> CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set
> # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set
>
> #
> # Console drivers
> #
> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
> # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set
> # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set
> # CONFIG_FB is not set
>
> #
> # Sound
> #
> # CONFIG_SOUND is not set
>
> #
> # Kernel hacking
> #
> CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
>
>
> --
> Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com) http://www.candelatech.com
> Author of ScryMUD: scry.wanfear.com 4444 (Released under GPL)
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