With input from the current discussion and ignorance of upcoming netroot patches the current documentation would/should look like the following: DHCP ---- Format: root=dhcp Get IP from dhcp, use dhcp root-path option to specify root location. Contents according to formats below. Please note: Specifying root=dhcp will ignore further netroot options NFS --- Preferred format: root=nfs[4]:[server:]path[:options] Legacy formats: root=[[/dev/]nfs[4]] nfsroot=[server:]path[,options] root=[[/dev/]nfs[4]] nfsroot=[server:]path[:options] If the 'nfsroot' parameter is not given on the command line or is empty, the dhcp root-path is used as [server:]path[:options] or the default "/tftpboot/%s" will be used. If server is unspecified it will be pulled from one of the following sources, in order: static ip= option on kernel command line DHCP next-server option DHCP server-id option DHCP root-path option NFSv4 is only used if explicitly requested; default is NFSv2 or NFSv3 depending on kernel configuration iSCSI ----- Preferred format: root=iscsi:[<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname> Legacy formats: root=[iscsi] iscsiroot=[<servername>]:[<protocol>]:[<port>]:[<LUN>]:<targetname> root=[iscsi] iscsi_firmware NBD --- Preferred format: root=nbd:srv:port[:fstype[:rootflags[:nbdopts]]] Legacy formats: root=[nbd] nbdroot=srv,port root=[nbd] nbdroot=srv:port[:fstype[:rootflags[:nbdopts]]] nbdopts is a comma seperated list of options to give to nbd-client -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
