[PATCH] make BOOTP not panic working PXE configs

[Dirk-Willem van Gulik]

On 11/02/2004, at 2:00 AM, Brooks Davis wrote:

> When using the PXE loader and a stock kernel you can specify the root
> path as with "option root-path" with a path like
> "/usr/diskless/5.2-CURRENT".  The server is then derived from the value
> of next-server (the siaddr entry in the dhcp packet).  If you add
> options BOOTP to your kernel this configuration causes a panic because
> the kernel wants a root path like "10.1.0.1:/usr/diskless/5.2-CURRENT".
> This has been annoying me for quite some time so today I took a look at
> the problem.  The following patch fixes it.  I'd like to commit it 
> soon,
> any objections?
>
Yes please! - tested and fixes a long standing problem for us.

Dw.