On Thu, 2003-05-08 10:02:54 -0700, Michael Anburaj <michaelanburaj@hotmail.com>
wrote in message <BAY1-F17fJpbi7Phnzi00006011@hotmail.com>:
> Hi JBG,
>
> The MIPS box (Atlas running YAMON) has a fixed IP address assigned by me.
> TFTP boot works fine. But this IP is held within the boot monitor program
> (YAMON).
>
> YAMON> set
[...]
That doesn't help you. This is yamon, it's not Linux:)
> Apart from the dynamic IP address assignment methods....
> Suggest me a method to communicate this value to the RAM resident Linux
> kernel. Or can I assign a fixed IP addredd by passing it as a parameter
Look at ./linux/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
> when the linux kernel boots up? If so what is the syntax & please point me
Yes.
> to the document that has this info. about passed parameter when booting the
The source file is the document, syntax is described there, too.
> kernel.
Please answer under old emails, not above them.
HTH, JBG
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