X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fnfsroot.txt;h=31b329172343546e8f1e1fb4a30549298d45ee68;hb=7e924aafa4b03ff71de34af8553d9a1ebc86c071;hp=3cc953cb288ff8887fa8123b68a60288320dc5ca;hpb=ae3e0218621db0590163b2d5c424ef1f340e3cc6;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt index 3cc953cb288..31b32917234 100644 --- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt +++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Updated 2006 by Horms In order to use a diskless system, such as an X-terminal or printer server for example, it is necessary for the root filesystem to be present on a non-disk device. This may be an initramfs (see Documentation/filesystems/ -ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt), a ramdisk (see Documenation/initrd.txt) or a +ramfs-rootfs-initramfs.txt), a ramdisk (see Documentation/initrd.txt) or a filesystem mounted via NFS. The following text describes on how to use NFS for the root filesystem. For the rest of this text 'client' means the diskless system, and 'server' means the NFS server. @@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ nfsroot=[:][,] Standard NFS options. All options are separated by commas. The following defaults are used: port = as given by server portmap daemon - rsize = 1024 - wsize = 1024 + rsize = 4096 + wsize = 4096 timeo = 7 retrans = 3 acregmin = 3 @@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ ip=:::::: autoconfiguration. The parameter can appear alone as the value to the `ip' - parameter (without all the ':' characters before) in which case auto- - configuration is used. + parameter (without all the ':' characters before). If the value is + "ip=off" or "ip=none", no autoconfiguration will take place, otherwise + autoconfiguration will take place. The most common way to use this + is "ip=dhcp". IP address of the client. @@ -142,8 +144,10 @@ ip=:::::: into the kernel will be used, regardless of the value of this option. - off or none: don't use autoconfiguration (default) + off or none: don't use autoconfiguration + (do static IP assignment instead) on or any: use any protocol available in the kernel + (default) dhcp: use DHCP bootp: use BOOTP rarp: use RARP