IP Autoconfig Not Working on Sparc32 (2.4.17-rc1)

[Ian Chilton]

Hello,

I have a Sun Javastation Krups which is happily booting linux-2.4.1
from the network and using nfsroot.

However, trying to get a more recent kernel working.

It's compiling fine and boots, but doesn't seem to do all the bootp /
ip autoconfig stuff - it just complains about no nfs server (which
obviosuly wont work if it doesn't get the ip etc from bootp first).

Server log when trying to boot the 2.4.17-rc1 looks like this:

Dec 14 23:36:01 slinky dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via
eth0
Dec 14 23:36:01 slinky dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.21 to
08:00:20:94:77:a4 via eth0
Dec 14 23:36:01 slinky dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.21
(192.168.0.11) from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via eth0
Dec 14 23:36:01 slinky dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.21 to
08:00:20:94:77:a4 via eth0
Dec 14 23:36:02 slinky in.tftpd[4664]: connect from taz.ichilton.local
Dec 14 23:36:02 slinky tftpd[4665]: tftpd: trying to get file:
C0A80015.SUN4M 
Dec 14 23:36:02 slinky tftpd[4665]: tftpd: serving file from
/export/tftpboot 
Dec 14 23:36:03 slinky dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via
eth0
Dec 14 23:36:03 slinky dhcpd: BOOTREPLY for 192.168.0.21 to taz
(08:00:20:94:77:a4) via eth0
Dec 14 23:36:03 slinky in.tftpd[4672]: connect from taz.ichilton.local
Dec 14 23:36:03 slinky tftpd[4673]: tftpd: trying to get file:
C0A80015.PROL 
Dec 14 23:36:03 slinky tftpd[4673]: tftpd: serving file from
/export/tftpboot 

If I swap back to my trusty 2.4.1, I get this:

Dec 14 23:41:37 slinky dhcpd: DHCPDISCOVER from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via
eth0
Dec 14 23:41:37 slinky dhcpd: DHCPOFFER on 192.168.0.21 to
08:00:20:94:77:a4 via eth0
Dec 14 23:41:37 slinky dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.21
(192.168.0.11) from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via eth0
Dec 14 23:41:37 slinky dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.21 to
08:00:20:94:77:a4 via eth0
Dec 14 23:41:38 slinky in.tftpd[6779]: connect from taz.ichilton.local
Dec 14 23:41:38 slinky tftpd[6780]: tftpd: trying to get file:
C0A80015.SUN4M 
Dec 14 23:41:38 slinky tftpd[6780]: tftpd: serving file from
/export/tftpboot 
Dec 14 23:41:39 slinky dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via
eth0
Dec 14 23:41:39 slinky dhcpd: BOOTREPLY for 192.168.0.21 to taz
(08:00:20:94:77:a4) via eth0
Dec 14 23:41:39 slinky in.tftpd[6787]: connect from taz.ichilton.local
Dec 14 23:41:39 slinky tftpd[6788]: tftpd: trying to get file:
C0A80015.PROL 
Dec 14 23:41:39 slinky tftpd[6788]: tftpd: serving file from
/export/tftpboot 

[this is where it boots the kernel]

Dec 14 23:41:51 slinky dhcpd: BOOTREQUEST from 08:00:20:94:77:a4 via
eth0
Dec 14 23:41:51 slinky dhcpd: BOOTREPLY for 192.168.0.21 to taz
(08:00:20:94:77:a4) via eth0
Dec 14 23:41:51 slinky rpc.mountd: authenticated mount request from
192.168.0.21:800 for /export/javastation/iclinux (/export/javastation) 

See the extra BOOTP stuff on the end?

I tried passing things like ip=192.168.0.21:192.168.0.11 and ip=bootp
on the command line, but nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ian