Re: NFS mounted rootfs possible via PCMCIA NIC ?

From: Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 12:35:30 EST


Andreas Schaufler wrote:
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> > > Hello list,
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> > > I am trying to configure a notebook with a PCMCIA NIC to boot over
> > > network. (kernel 2.4.20)
> >
> > Nope. The kernel does the NFS thing before bringing up cardbus.
> >
> > This patch worked, back in the 2.4.17 days. It also fixes some
> > cardbus bugs. I don't immediately recall what they were.
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> I got the 2.4.17 sources and applied the patch. yenta.c and main.c could not
> be patched automatically, so I tried to apply it by hand line by line.
> Unfortunately when I boot a kernel compiled witch this modified sources I get
> an "Unable to handle kernel pagin request at virtual address 0000413d"
>
> Maybe this patch is to be used on some Pre Version of 2.4.17 ?!?!
>

Sorry, that patch was against 2.4.20. It was last tested in 2.4.17.
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