IP: RARP support
configname: CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Networking support
└─>Networking options
└─>IP: RARP support
In linux kernel since version 2.6.12 )
If you want your Linux box to mount its whole root file system (the
one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
operating on your network. Read
<a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst">Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst</a> for details.
one containing the directory /) from some other computer over the
net via NFS and you want the IP address of your computer to be
discovered automatically at boot time using the RARP protocol (an
older protocol which is being obsoleted by BOOTP and DHCP), say Y
here. Note that if you want to use RARP, a RARP server must be
operating on your network. Read
<a href="https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst">Documentation/admin-guide/nfs/nfsroot.rst</a> for details.