From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:21:22 +0000 (+0000) Subject: README: improve documentation of network related CONFIG_ settings X-Git-Url: http://git.lede-project.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1ebcd6547f342900ed7face567e4a27c78a02945;p=project%2Fbcm63xx%2Fu-boot.git README: improve documentation of network related CONFIG_ settings Add documentation for CONFIG_GATEWAYIP and CONFIG_NETMASK; also add information which environment variables are set. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk Acked-by: Simon Glass --- diff --git a/README b/README index 9e0ab5860c..60a105fb1b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1432,18 +1432,37 @@ The following options need to be configured: Define a default value for the IP address to use for the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not determined through e.g. bootp. + (Environment variable "ipaddr") - Server IP address: CONFIG_SERVERIP Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP server to contact when using the "tftboot" command. + (Environment variable "serverip") CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr' for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option) +- Gateway IP address: + CONFIG_GATEWAYIP + + Defines a default value for the IP address of the + default router where packets to other networks are + sent to. + (Environment variable "gatewayip") + +- Subnet mask: + CONFIG_NETMASK + + Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or + routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP + address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be + forwarded through a router. + (Environment variable "netmask") + - Multicast TFTP Mode: CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP