netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 20772] New: ip= nfsaddrs= stopped working

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Message-Id: <17D7A64D-B275-43EB-AE42-6CA3E65ABCA1@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:32:49 -0400
From:	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To:	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, mpetersen@...k6.com
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 20772] New: ip= nfsaddrs= stopped working


On Oct 27, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Simon Horman wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:09:38PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>> 
>> (switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
>> bugzilla web interface).
>> 
>> On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:20:15 GMT
>> bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:
>> 
>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20772
>>> 
>>>           Summary: ip= nfsaddrs= stopped working
>>>           Product: Networking
>>>           Version: 2.5
>>>    Kernel Version: 2.6.33, 2.6.32, 2.6.26
>>>          Platform: All
>>>        OS/Version: Linux
>>>              Tree: Mainline
>>>            Status: NEW
>>>          Severity: high
>>>          Priority: P1
>>>         Component: IPV4
>>>        AssignedTo: shemminger@...ux-foundation.org
>>>        ReportedBy: mpetersen@...k6.com
>>>        Regression: Yes
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I can no longer set a static IP address using either ip= or nfsaddr=,
>>> ie ip=192.168.0.42:192.168.0.69:255.255.255.0:testhost:eth0:none has no
>>> effect, and DHCP is still attempted.
>>> 
>>> Even if I undefine IP_PNP_DHCP IP_PNP_BOOTP and IP_PNP_RARP in the
>>> config (but leave IP_PNP,) the kernel seems to ignore the static IP
>>> settings and try to get a an IP address with DHCP somehow.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I believe that the problem is that there is a minor syntax error in the
> configuration parameter. Specifically there should be two colons between
> 192.168.0.69 and 255.255.255.0 or between 192.168.0.42 and 192.168.0.69.
> 
> As it stands the settings are:
> 
> 	my address	192.168.0.42
> 	server address	192.168.0.69
> 	gateway		255.255.255.0
> 	netmask		testhost
> 	hostname	eth0
> 	interface	none
> 
> I believe it is the interface=none that is killing any IP configuration
> by the kernel as no such interface exists.

Did "interface=none" work in 2.6.36 and earlier?

-- 
Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com




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