cmd/ethereum, cmd/mist: add flag for discovery bootstrap nodes

cmd/ethereum/flags.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var (
 	AddPeer         string
 	MaxPeer         int
 	GenAddr         bool
-	SeedNode        string
+	BootNodes       string
 	SecretFile      string
 	ExportDir       string
 	NonInteractive  bool
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func Init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&StartRpc, "rpc", false, "start rpc server")
 	flag.BoolVar(&StartWebSockets, "ws", false, "start websocket server")
 	flag.BoolVar(&NonInteractive, "y", false, "non-interactive mode (say yes to confirmations)")
-	flag.StringVar(&SeedNode, "seednode", "poc-8.ethdev.com:30303", "ip:port of seed node to connect to. Set to blank for skip")
+	flag.StringVar(&BootNodes, "bootnodes", "", "space-separated node URLs for discovery bootstrap")
 	flag.BoolVar(&SHH, "shh", true, "whisper protocol (on)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&Dial, "dial", true, "dial out connections (on)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&GenAddr, "genaddr", false, "create a new priv/pub key")

cmd/ethereum/main.go

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ func main() {
 		KeyRing:    KeyRing,
 		Shh:        SHH,
 		Dial:       Dial,
+		BootNodes:  BootNodes,
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ func main() {
 		utils.StartWebSockets(ethereum, WsPort)
 	}
 
-	utils.StartEthereum(ethereum, SeedNode)
+	utils.StartEthereum(ethereum)
 
 	if StartJsConsole {
 		InitJsConsole(ethereum)

cmd/mist/flags.go

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var (
 	AddPeer         string
 	MaxPeer         int
 	GenAddr         bool
-	SeedNode        string
+	BootNodes       string
 	SecretFile      string
 	ExportDir       string
 	NonInteractive  bool
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func Init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&StartRpc, "rpc", true, "start rpc server")
 	flag.BoolVar(&StartWebSockets, "ws", false, "start websocket server")
 	flag.BoolVar(&NonInteractive, "y", false, "non-interactive mode (say yes to confirmations)")
-	flag.StringVar(&SeedNode, "seednode", "poc-8.ethdev.com:30303", "ip:port of seed node to connect to. Set to blank for skip")
+	flag.StringVar(&BootNodes, "bootnodes", "", "space-separated node URLs for discovery bootstrap")
 	flag.BoolVar(&GenAddr, "genaddr", false, "create a new priv/pub key")
 	flag.StringVar(&NatType, "nat", "", "NAT support (UPNP|PMP) (none)")
 	flag.StringVar(&SecretFile, "import", "", "imports the file given (hex or mnemonic formats)")

cmd/mist/main.go

@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ func run() error {
 		LogLevel:   LogLevel,
 		MaxPeers:   MaxPeer,
 		Port:       OutboundPort,
-		NATType:    PMPGateway,
+		NATType:    NatType,
 		PMPGateway: PMPGateway,
+		BootNodes:  BootNodes,
 		KeyRing:    KeyRing,
 		Dial:       true,
 	})
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ func run() error {
 	utils.RegisterInterrupt(func(os.Signal) {
 		gui.Stop()
 	})
-	go utils.StartEthereum(ethereum, SeedNode)
+	go utils.StartEthereum(ethereum)
 
 	fmt.Println("ETH stack took", time.Since(tstart))
 

cmd/mist/ui_lib.go

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (ui *UiLib) Muted(content string) {
 
 func (ui *UiLib) Connect(button qml.Object) {
 	if !ui.connected {
-		ui.eth.Start(SeedNode)
+		ui.eth.Start()
 		ui.connected = true
 		button.Set("enabled", false)
 	}

cmd/utils/cmd.go

@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ func exit(err error) {
 	os.Exit(status)
 }
 
-func StartEthereum(ethereum *eth.Ethereum, SeedNode string) {
+func StartEthereum(ethereum *eth.Ethereum) {
 	clilogger.Infoln("Starting ", ethereum.Name())
-	if err := ethereum.Start(SeedNode); err != nil {
+	if err := ethereum.Start(); err != nil {
 		exit(err)
 	}
 	RegisterInterrupt(func(sig os.Signal) {