Re: [Etherboot-developers] Building from CVS vs using rom-o-matic.net

[Timothy L. <tl...@ro...>]

> Is there a difference between building from the CVS, and downloading
> the image from www.rom-o-matic.net?

Yes.  The CVS is almost always more up to date.

> I downloaded a www.rom-o-matic.net image (version 5.3.3, .zpxe format)
> for tg3 card, with the following options set:

You should not be using the 5.3 version unlesss you realize that it is a
development release.

> which didn't work for me. I checked out the CVS directory
> (etherboot-5.3), and built bin/tg3.zpxe, with the above configured in
> the Config file, which worked fine for me.

Take a look at the release notes for 5.3.5-mc1 on Romomatic.  The tg3
driver was fixed in 5.3.4 and 5.3.5.

> I think, the CVS sources and the rom-o-matic sources might not be in
> sync, in which case, I would like to know, how often do the sources
> get sync'ed.

It depends on how much time there is and how active the development tree
is.  (There is no point in posting a release that doesn't compile).

Tim