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From: Richard J. <rj...@pe...> - 2003-07-21 05:56:42
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On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 03:37:01PM +1000, Ken Yap wrote:
> >I'm searching for an Etherboot lzpxe Image with support for the Intel
> >82541EI chipset. This chipset happens to be on the Supermicro X5DPA-G
> >and GG motheroards.
> >
> >It seems I really need exactly THIS chipset supported, as Etherboot
> >won't work with just a "similar" chipset chosen. Is there any support
> >(planned). What can I do to let support happen?
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> According to the Linux driver the 82541 support was added there in March
> 2003. Etherboot's driver was based on an earlier version ported by
> Chris Li, and fixed by Eric Biederman. AFAIK nobody has ported that
> 82541 part of the driver to Etherboot yet, although Georg Baum did some
> work on the 82547, which is in the patch area.
>
> I can see a few ways you can proceed, here are some. 1. You could hack
> the code yourself and send the changes to us when you get it to work.
> 2. You could offer someone money to work on the 82541 code. 3. You
> could ask Intel to do the port, but they would probably just suggest 2.
>
> [Thread redirected to -developers.]
Very well then. 500US$ for the port within one week, 1000US$ for the
port "now" ~24hr so that the X5DPA-GG boots successfully.
+ a huge positive publicity about reaction times of the OSS
comunity. ;-)
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best regards,
Dipl.-Inf. Richard Jelinek
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