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From: Marty C. <md...@et...> - 2008-11-24 15:26:50
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Marty Connor wrote: > * A new b44 driver for Broadcom bcm44xx cards I forgot to mention that currently that due to hardware limitations the b44 driver will not function properly on machines with more than 1 gigabyte of physical memory. We are working on a way to work around this limitation, and hope to have support for systems with more RAM in a future release. Anyone interested in helping fix this is welcome to join us on IRC or the Etherboot-Developers list. Thanks, Marty |
From: Marty C. <md...@et...> - 2008-11-24 00:55:26
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I have released gPXE version 0.9.6 at: http://kernel.org/pub/software/utils/boot/gpxe/ Besides Michael Brown's usual amazing number of enhancements, this release contains a number of community contributed enhancements. Here are some highlights from this release: * Some virtio-net updates from Laurent Vivier. * A new r8169 Realtek 8169/8168/81xx driver from Marty Connor. * A new b44 driver for Broadcom bcm44xx cards from Pantelis Koukousoulas and Stefan Hajnoczi. We would appreciate it if you would test this release (especially the new drivers) and report to the Etherboot-Discuss list your results. For a full log of changes, visit: http://git.etherboot.org/?p=gpxe.git;a=shortlog Rom-o-matic.net has also been updated with this release, and you can also build from the top of our development tree by selecting the appropriate release here: http://rom-o-matic.net/ Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release. Special thanks to our growing and enthusiastic IRC community on #etherboot ( on irc.freenode.net ). It's a pleaseure working with you. Marty |
From: Marty C. <md...@et...> - 2008-10-03 13:03:03
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I have released gPXE version 0.9.5 at: http://kernel.org/pub/software/utils/boot/gpxe/ This is a major update to gPXE 0.9.3 that was released in February. We recommend this update for everyone. To see the astonishing amount of work done on gPXE this year, please take a look at: http://git.etherboot.org/?p=gpxe.git;a=summary and http://git.etherboot.org/?p=gpxe.git;a=shortlog This release contains contributions from many people and I would like to especially thank Michael Brown and H. Peter Anvin for their outstanding collaboration on the gPXE <-> PXELINUX interface. Using this interface, PXELINUX can use HTTP (or any other protocol gPXE supports), greatly improving download performance and flexibility of deployment architecture. I would also like to acknowledge the contributions of our 2008 Google Summer of Code students: * Michael Decker * Stefan Hajnoczi * Balaji Rao * Daniel Verkamp who all contributed significantly to this release. You can read about their Summer of Code projects here: http://etherboot.org/wiki/soc/2008/start We thank each of them for their fine contributions to gPXE, and for being such great people to work with. In case anyone has not seen the Google Tech Talk video about gPXE from this summer, you can view it here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1911723796712805715 You might also enjoy reading this paper on PXELINUX and gPXE by H. Peter Anvin and Marty Connor: http://edgyu.excess.org/ols/2008/H%20Peter%20Anvin%20-%20x86%20network%20booting%3a%20integrating%20gPXE%20and%20PXELINUX.pdf This release of gPXE marks a significant milestone in the history of the Etherboot Project. We have spent over 3 years working on gPXE, and have seen it grow from being PXE compliant to supporting booting from HTTP, SAN, and other advanced protocols. gPXE has features that no other network boot firmware can match at any price. That may sound boastful, but I don't mean it that way. It is a testament to the hard work of our community -- developers and users, professionals and hobbyists. You have inspired us to constantly improve gPXE, and you have helped us make it happen. Etherboot is now officially in maintenance mode. We will generally accept patches that maintain the current level of functionality, but since our main focus is supporting and improving gPXE, we will not expend significant effort improving Etherboot. Since gPXE's feature-set far exceeds that of Etherboot, we encourage everyone who can to migrate to gPXE wherever possible, and where it is not possible, please let us know why. As I have been composing this message I note already more commits to the git repository from Michael, a reminder that we are constantly working to optimize and enhance our software. I would also like to thank all the people who have visited us on our IRC channel. We have a pleasant and ever-growing community of people on our channel ( #etherboot on irc.freenode.net ), and have had some really great times conversing, debugging, and just generally getting to know people. Thanks to everyone who has helped us turn our dreams of truly excellent network boot software into a reality. Thanks and Best Regards, Marty |
From: Marty C. <md...@et...> - 2008-10-01 20:10:20
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I have released gPXE version 0.9.5 at: http://kernel.org/pub/software/utils/boot/gpxe/ This is a major update to gPXE 0.9.3 that was released in February. We recommend this update for everyone. To see the astonishing amount of work done on gPXE this year, check out: http://git.etherboot.org/?p=gpxe.git;a=summary This release contains contributions from many people and I would like to especially thank Michael Brown and H. Peter Anvin for their outstanding collaboration on the gPXE <-> PXELINUX interface. Using this interface, PXELINUX can use HTTP (or any other protocol gPXE supports), greatly improving download performance and flexibility of deployment architecture. I would also like to acknowledge the contributions of our 2008 Google Summer of Code students: * Michael Decker * Stefan Hajnoczi * Balaji Rao * Daniel Verkamp Who all contributed to this release. You can read about their Summer of Code projects here: http://etherboot.org/wiki/soc/2008/start We thank each of them for their fine contributions to gPXE, and for being such great people to work with. In case anyone has not seen the Google Tech Talk video about gPXE from this summer, you can view it here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1911723796712805715 You might also enjoy reading this paper on PXELINUX and gPXE by H. Peter Anvin and Marty Connor: http://edgyu.excess.org/ols/2008/H%20Peter%20Anvin%20-%20x86%20network%20booting%3a%20integrating%20gPXE%20and%20PXELINUX.pdf This release of gPXE marks a significant milestone in the history of the Etherboot Project. We have spent over 3 years working on gPXE, and have seen it grow from being PXE compliant to supporting booting from HTTP, SAN, and other advanced protocols. gPXE has features that no other network boot firmware can match at any price. That may sound boastful, but I don't mean it that way. It is a testament to the hard work of our community -- developers and users, professionals and hobbyists. You have inspired us to constantly improve gPXE, and you have helped us make it happen. Etherboot is now officially in maintenance mode. We will generally accept patches that maintain the current level of functionality, but since our main focus is supporting and improving gPXE, we will not expend significant effort improving Etherboot. Since gPXE's feature-set far exceeds that of Etherboot, we encourage everyone who can to migrate to gPXE wherever possible, and where it is not possible, please let us know why. As I have been composing this message I note already more commits to the git repository from Michael, a reminder that we are constantly working to optimize and enhance our software. I would also like to thank all the people who have visited us on our IRC channel. We have a pleasant and ever-growing community of people on our channel ( #etherboot on irc.freenode.net ), and have had some really great times conversing, debugging, and just generally getting to know people. Thanks to everyone who has helped us turn our dreams of truly excellent network boot software into a reality. Please help us to continue to push the limits of what is possible by your skill and imagination. Thanks and Regards, Marty |