HI Michael,
On Tuesday, August 17, 2010 12:36:31 pm Michael Prokop wrote: > * Juergen Kahnert <[email protected]> [Mon Aug 16, 2010 at 06:37:55AM +0200]: > > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 05:23:40PM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > > Please check out #552554 - this might fix your problem. > > > > we don't have the problem that ipconfig never time out. It will time > > out but without configured network interfaces, which causes a kernel > > panic because of the missing NFSROOT. > > > > Whatever, ipconfig is crap and needs to be fixed. > > Sure. But just complaining doesn't help anyone. > > If neither > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=36;filename=0001-ipconfig- > fix-infinite-loop.patch;att=1;bug=552554 nor > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=41;filename=0001-ipconfig- > differentiate-between-error-and-non-DHCP-B.patch;att=1;bug=552554 address > your issue (both from #552554) you should consider reporting your problem > at least against klibc-utils with as much details as > available so someone can reproduce and work on the issue. Well, klibc upstream knows exactly how bad ipconfig is. The question I'm raising is: We could be able to replace ipconfig from klibc with something better suited, like udhcpclient or whatever small footprintish dhcp client. I think that's much better then to fight around with ipconfig. Regards, \sh
