Bug#724644: initramfs-tools: Parsing of ip= option is brittle

[maximilian attems <max@stro.at>]

tags 724644 pending
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Dear Matto,

On Wed, 25 Sep 2013, Matto Marjanovic wrote:

> 
> The configure_networking() function in scripts/functions fails
> to parse an "ip=" kernel option if it has more than one parameter
> following the device name.  For example:
> 
>   ip=client-ip:server-ip:gw-ip:netmask:hostname:device:autoconf
> 
> works just fine, however,
> 
>   ip=client-ip:server-ip:gw-ip:netmask:hostname:device:autoconf:dns0:dns1
> 
> does not, and that happens to be the format described in
>   https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt

Thanks for the good description.
 
> A one character change to configure_networking() will make it immune to
> any number of parameters following the device name:

patch merged and pushed, will be uploaded shortly.

Best,

-- 
maks