[Etherboot-developers] Thinking PXE compatibility thoughts....
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From: <ebi...@ln...> - 2002-11-21 03:12:55
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I just took a look at syslinux and all it really uses is are the PXE UDP functions, that are currently implemented for freebsd support. Though I believe it uses the 16bit API entry points. PXE under EFI is a little different. UNDI is optional and it loads EFI images, which only have a limited size due to implementation bugs. So with a little care I think etherboot could implement pxe without many changes. The task list would look like: The todo list would be: - Working 16bit PXE/32bit PXE glue code. - Working raw download driver. - [optional] PXE hacked DHCP. - [optional] PXE TFTP. - [optional] PXE UNDI compatibility. Just in case someone is ambitious or has worries about shipping a machine to someone who really wants PXE support. Eric |