[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] README: improve documentation of network related CONFIG_ settings

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Oct 26 22:21:22 CEST 2011


Add documentation for CONFIG_GATEWAYIP and CONFIG_NETMASK;
also add information which environment variables are set.

Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd at denx.de>
---
 README |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 9e0ab58..60a105f 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
 
-- 
1.7.6.4



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