Re: [Etherboot-developers] Etherboot 5.0.7 release planning

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>Are external menus stable and complete (i.e. can I do everything with an
>external menu that I can do with an internal menu and expect it to work)?
>I have some systems that currently make heavy use of the internal menus
>(ANSI graphics sequences, lots of TFTP-included files eg. icons) - if the
>external menu code is already able to support this then I'll migrate now
>instead of waiting for 5.2.

The external menu code does everything internal menu does (as it's the
same code) except for two aspects: TFTP includes, and being able to
specify the server and gateway in the tag. You can implement icons by
attaching a resource segment to external menu code, say starting at
0x20000. E.g. bundle the icons in some sort of archive format and then
add routines to the menu code to find icons by name from the resource
segment.

Refinement of the menu code or development of alternative menu programs
is encouraged since it's no longer tied to Etherboot development and you
can fix menu code problems without worrying about how to upgrade ROMs in
the field.