Bug 55802 - [request] Make kernel.GENERIC suitable for diskless use with etherboot
Summary: [request] Make kernel.GENERIC suitable for diskless use with etherboot
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: kern (show other bugs)
Version: 4.8-STABLE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 2003-08-20 13:00 UTC by Jari Kirma
Modified: 2018-05-21 06:59 UTC (History)
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Description Jari Kirma 2003-08-20 13:00:28 UTC 
	GENERIC kernel lacks suitable options for being used with etherboot
	(loading kernel image directly, without a boot loader such as pxeboot
	that could supply kernel parameters such as root disk name).
	This is basically BOOTP options. I'm not certain how BOOTP options
	work, but obviously, such a version of GENERIC would require variant
	that uses BOOTP (or DHCP) to acquire required data only if it is
	not already set by a boot loader.

Fix: 

Add sufficient kernel options to the configuration file after checking
	they don't override any defaults set earlier in the boot process.
Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2008-01-28 08:59:40 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->suspended

Mark suspended awaiting patches.
Comment 2 Eitan Adler freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-20 23:53:17 UTC 
For bugs matching the following conditions:
- Status == In Progress
- Assignee == "bugs@FreeBSD.org"
- Last Modified Year <= 2017

Do
- Set Status to "Open"
Comment 3 Andriy Gapon freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2018-05-21 06:59:23 UTC 
GENERIC works fine with PXE boot.