Re: Patches for bootparamd for multiple subnets of interest?

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Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Date
8 Mar 2006 18:21:59
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Re: Patches for bootparamd for multiple subnets of interest?
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440D874B.8030907@centtech.com

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Brian J. McGovern wrote:
> All,
> I've done some hacking on bootparamd to support multiple subnets
> (along with applying some patches to allow some Sun-specific behavior) that
> I'm using for jumpstarting Solaris/Sparc boxes across a boatload of small
> subnets.
>
> The most obvious change is adding a -R parameter, that allows you to
> specify a router and netmask (and multiple -R's are accepted), so that
> bootparamd can build an internal list of subnets and gateways when multihomed,
> or supporting VLANs via the vlan(4) driver.
>
> I can provide patches against 6.0, and with a bit of work, -current
> (I doubt there is much change). Is there sufficient interest to make it worth
> bundling up the diffs?
>

Patches to 6- are definitely of interest! We've recently banged our
heads against this problem..

Thanks!!

Eric




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