Re: [Etherboot-developers] Porting Etherboot to MIPS

[Markus G. <ma...@gu...>]

> Only that you have enough hair on your head to start with. :-)
> 
> The architecture of Etherboot is shot through with x86isms, including:
> the execution mechanism, the use of various memory areas, the hook into
> the PCI subsystem, and others I've probably forgot.

My gut feeling is, that once all of the assembly code has been
ported, the C code is not too bad. Some features will probably
have to be turned off for the initial port, but the general
concept should work. I'd very much like to know though, which
problems do come up if anybody attempts this. I would certainly
allocate a good chunk of time to tackle this problem. The devil
(as always) is in the details.


Markus

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