Re: [PATCH 2.6.21.1] nfs-root: added possibility to override default MTU (for UDP jumbo frames)

[email protected] writes:

> To use a NFS-root for UDP jumbo frames the kernel on the client need to bring
> up interface with MTU set to 9000 bytes - otherwise it cannot contact server
> with jumbo frames enabled (nfs server not responding, still trying) and
> cannot
> boot. Added a kernel parameter named 'ipmtu' which can be used to specify
> initial MTU size when booting via nfsroot.

Isn't the whole IP autoconfig and NFS root set to die?
Why not do it in initramfs?
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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