Hello,
On 04/24/2010 05:32 PM, Gilles Espinasse wrote:
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Subject: networking with busybox
Hello,
I would like to use busybox in a custom initramfs environment, where some
networking tasks need to be done. This includes:
- requesting an ip address from a dhcp server
- resolving some hostnames (not necessarily through a nameserver - could
be statically via a hosts file)
- run some services
All should run within a xen domU.
Can this be achieved with the busybox tools?
yes
As far, I have built a complete busybox binary (statically linked) and got
an ash running within the initramfs. I can assign a static address to my
eth0 interface, but udhcpc doesn't get any ip address from the dhcp
server. Do I have to load some kernel module to get the card working? Atm,
there are no additional modules loaded...
you have to deal with udev (external of busybox) or mdev (inside busybox) to
load the module required by your hardware.
I started udevd and issued a udevadm trigger and a udevadm settle. After
that, I get a eth0 device, as expected. But as I mentioned above, I
can't work with that interface. Which kernel module do I need? Atm I
don't have any modules included in the initramfs, but that's easy to change.
K. Haselhorst
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