Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-18 Thread Chris Novakovic
On 18/04/2018 19:06, Chris Novakovic wrote: > On 18/04/2018 18:59, David Miller wrote: >> I think a plain file named /proc/net/ntp is quite confusing. It doesn't >> give any indication that it's a special file populated only by ipconfig >> and not some general NTP thing the kernel is doing. >> >>

Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-18 Thread Chris Novakovic
On 18/04/2018 18:59, David Miller wrote: > I think a plain file named /proc/net/ntp is quite confusing. It doesn't > give any indication that it's a special file populated only by ipconfig > and not some general NTP thing the kernel is doing. > > I would suggest creating a subdirectory like /proc

Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-18 Thread David Miller
From: Chris Novakovic Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 21:58:22 +0100 > - Patch #7 allows for NTP servers to be configured (manually on the >kernel command line or automatically via DHCP), enabling systems with >an NFS root filesystem to synchronise their clock before mounting >their root file

[PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-17 Thread Chris Novakovic
This series (against net-next) makes various improvements to ipconfig. It was mistakenly posted on 2018-04-07, while net-next was closed; it still applies cleanly. - Patch #1 correctly documents the behaviour of parameter 4 in the "ip=" and "nfsaddrs=" command line parameter. - Patch #2 tidie

Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-07 Thread Chris Novakovic
On 07/04/2018 17:29, David Miller wrote: > From: Chris Novakovic > Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 05:08:55 +0100 > >> This series (against net-next) makes various improvements to ipconfig: > > The net-next tree is closed at this time, please resubmit this series > when that tree opens up again. > > Tha

Re: [PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-07 Thread David Miller
From: Chris Novakovic Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2018 05:08:55 +0100 > This series (against net-next) makes various improvements to ipconfig: The net-next tree is closed at this time, please resubmit this series when that tree opens up again. Thank you.

[PATCH 0/8] ipconfig: NTP server support, bug fixes, documentation improvements

2018-04-06 Thread Chris Novakovic
This series (against net-next) makes various improvements to ipconfig: - Patch #1 correctly documents the behaviour of parameter 4 in the "ip=" and "nfsaddrs=" command line parameter. - Patch #2 tidies up the printk()s for reporting configured name servers. - Patch #3 fixes a bug in autoc