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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt index 16a7cae2721..9b956a96936 100644 --- a/Documentation/nfsroot.txt +++ b/Documentation/nfsroot.txt @@ -92,8 +92,14 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf> autoconfiguration. The <autoconf> 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". + + Note that "ip=off" is not the same thing as "ip=::::::off", because in + the latter autoconfiguration will take place if any of DHCP, BOOTP or RARP + are compiled in the kernel. <client-ip> IP address of the client. @@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf> 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 on or any: use any protocol available in the kernel dhcp: use DHCP bootp: use BOOTP |