Re: sparc64 network autoconfiguration

[Andrei Borzenkov]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
<address@hidden> wrote:
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> Le ven. 18 mars 2016 08:30, Andrei Borzenkov <address@hidden> a écrit :
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>> Documentation says
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>> On sparc64 GRUB is unable to determine which server it was booted from.
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>> Could someone clarify what it means here? sparc64 is ieee1275 that
>> supports auto configuration for network boot - at least, it has code
>> to do it. So far the only platform where it is not possible seems to
>> be uboot (which is also missing from Platform limitations section).
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> AFAIR sparc 64 doesn't provide fields code for ieee1275 depends on. Moreover
> sparc64 doesn't support booting via dhcp and works thorough rarp instead


Strictly speaking they boot via bootparams protocol, RARP is used for
initial IP auto-configuration. Sun/Oracle servers support DHCP boot
for quite some time; actually it is mandatory for Solaris 11 AI
(automated installer). I am not sure whether they export this
information in OBP though.

Someone from Oracle listening here?