RE: [Etherboot-developers] Q: TODO list for 5.2

[Timothy L. <tl...@ro...>]

> pcnet32 support
> tlan support (if possible)
> UNDI (ready when you are Michael)
> documentation

I started pcnet32 a while back, but without a hardware nic, it became
difficult.  For some reason I hit a size issue in 5.0 and I did not seem
to be able to get 5.1 to boot via vmware.  I would add fixing vmware
support to the list, but I don't know where to start.  I am however
looking to purchase a pcnet based NIC if I can find one.  They seem to
be fairly rare...

As for the tlan, I am attaching a minicom.cap file with hex dumps of
what the poll received.  It looks fine to me, but I am not sure.  I
suspect that there is something very small in the transmit function that
I am overlooking.  I would really like to get it in 5.2 but I will
certainly back-port it when it works.

I also started some detailed linux driver to Etherboot driver porting
documentation when I started the pcnet driver.  I should be able to
finish that up after the tlan.  Since it is not really version specific
it should not be a dependency for 5.2.  Also, since we now have the
majority of the linux drivers supported there may be limited value in
proceeding...

Tim






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