Re: [Etherboot-users] etherboot pci wifi

[Hermann G. <eth...@mr...>]

On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 02:34:29PM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> Wait.. you can add etherboot to the system bios chip?  Like the Mother=20
> Board Bios? and so the NIC would still have an empty eprom socket?
>=20
> (I am excited)

yes, exactly that ... :-o

details are in the etherboot wiki:

http://wiki.etherboot.org/pmwiki.php/Main/PuttingEtherbootIntoYourBIOS

> So is it specific for the NIC, or can it be generic for any NIC plugged=
=20
> into the PCI buss?

no, that is not possible ....=20
the bios scans for the pci-id in the rom; if such an hardware is found,
the eprom is enabled and etherboot can work.
but, if the free space in the rom is large enough, you can put in
a romfile for your wlan nic, and one for your "wired" one ... :-)

from the system point of view, an wlan nic is nothing other than a
pci card ... so if it works with a floppy, it works also in the BIOS

hermann