[Etherboot-developers] World domination, anyone?

[Marty C. <md...@et...>]

Hello Everyone,

I've been thinking about additions to Etherboot, and thinking about 
some of the recent discussions we've had, and thought I'd start a 
thread to discuss what new directions people think are valuable. With 
the recent architecture and  infrastructure improvements that Eric has 
worked so hard on, we have a springboard for some exciting new 
additions.

I'll start by listing some of the things that personally come to mind:

	o USB support
	o PCMCIA support
	o UNDI driver
	o PXE Support

Of the list, I think the last two interest me the most right now. We've 
talked about them for some time. The NILO project was working on a free 
PXE implementation, and there is some code there.

The recent messages about getting PXELINUX to work with Etherboot 
sounded like fun. The UNDI driver discussion seemed interesting as 
well, though I need Peter or Vasil to explain how it works -- one more 
time :)

But what do you think?  If we went for PXE or UNDI, where are the big 
wins? I'm always thinking about ways Etherboot could be used by more 
people, and how we could become even more useful as a component 
technology.

Btw, this is much more than of theoretical interest. I'd like to see us 
implement something really cool for LinuxWorld Expo SF in August, and I 
may be able to swing some limited funding for some of this.

Ok, so go ahead. What do you think would be cool to do? Could you do 
it? Do you know who could or would? And, most importantly, would it 
bring us closer to WoRLd DomINatIoN? ;)

Marty

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