Re: [patch] ipv4: Update ip command line processing (take II)

From: Simon Horman
Date: Wed Dec 26 2007 - 00:04:54 EST


On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 08:55:43PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:59:05 +0900
>
> > 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 <apw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I applied this to net-2.6 since I think it's a bug fix, and
> I also tailored the changelog header to more it clear this
> is a fix not just an "Update". :-)

Ok, thanks.

--
Horms

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