Package: nbd-client
Version: 1:2.9.14-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
As it stands, and as mentioned in the README.Debian which points to bug #460569
which has been closed, it will currently only work if the nbd-server is
connected to a working eth0.
initramfs-tools closed their bug as they now export IP from init (and IPOPTS is
no more). As best I understand all the implications this means that the nbd
initramfs-tools script could remove all IP handling as long as it is run by an
IP exporting init. To cover it's arbitrary use outside a normal
initramfs-tools it could still replicate gathering and setting IP from the
kernel's ip command line.
Like this if you boot without setting ip it seems that klibc ipconfig will
complain and fail so in the patch I've included below I set IP='eth0' in the
abscence of a given ip value which maintains the existing default behaviour
unless or until configure-networking seems to work sanely without any IP input.
Thanks again for your work on the nbdtools in debian and hope this helps,
Niall
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Versions of packages nbd-client depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.10.1-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
nbd-client recommends no packages.
nbd-client suggests no packages.
diff -ur nbd-2.9.14.orig/debian/nbd-client.initrd nbd-2.9.14/debian/nbd-client.initrd
--- nbd-2.9.14.orig/debian/nbd-client.initrd 2009-10-28 15:22:33.000000000 +0000
+++ nbd-2.9.14/debian/nbd-client.initrd 2009-10-28 15:14:33.680424262 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
nbdport=$(echo "$nbdroot" | sed -e "s/^[^,]*,//")
;;
ip=*)
- IPOPTS="${x#ip=}"
+ IP="${x#ip=}"
;;
root=/dev/nbd*)
nbdrootdev="${x#root=}"
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
exit 0
fi
-DEVICE=eth0
+# fallback to old eth0 only behaviour
+[ -z "$IP" ] && IP="eth0"
configure_networking
