Package: klibc-utils
Version: 1.5.15-1
Hello!
I'm trying to boot Debian from a different nic than the first one.
After some digging into klibc and initramfs, it seems like DEVICE=all
in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf is near a solution
(I cannot reliable tell, which name the nic has, it may be eth0, eth1,
eth2, eth3, ...; as I've machines with one to four nics).
/scripts/functions contains
266 case ${IP} in
267 none|off)
268 # Do nothing
269 ;;
270 ""|on|any)
271 # Bring up device
272 ipconfig -t 180 ${DEVICE}
273 ;;
274 dhcp|bootp|rarp|both)
275 ipconfig -t 180 -c ${IP} -d ${DEVICE}
276 ;;
277 *)
278 ipconfig -t 180 -d $IP
279
But ipconfig prints only one line:
IP-Config: eth0 hardware address ... mtu 1500 DHCP RARP
But it never times out or choses the next interface.
Another problematic aspect in the functions script is
294 # source ipconfig output
295 if [ -n "${DEVICE}" ]; then
296 # source specific bootdevice
297 . /tmp/net-${DEVICE}.conf
298 else
299 # source any interface as not exaclty specified
300 . /tmp/net-*.conf
301 fi
which will fail, if DEVICE=all is set.
So to summarise:
- ipconfig from klibc does not time out, although it have been called with -t
180
- Debian does not documentate "how to boot from nfsroot with multiple
nics in a box"
- Debian seems not to support booting from multiple nics in their
initramfs-scripts
This mail should create a new bug at debian.org, but is also sent to
klibc@ to notify upstream about the problem.
Sincerly,
Nico
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