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From: <ja...@Mc...> - 2003-08-04 22:32:58
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Markus, You never fail to amaze me. I can't wait to buy you a beer (or 3) this week, while in San Fran. Jim McQuillan ja...@Lt... On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Markus Gutschke wrote: > Ken Yap wrote: > >>Dig all you want, but I still like my HTTP idea :) > > > > So do I but I think it should be done by writing a server side TFTP to > > HTTP proxy. I might knock up a Perl version sometime. That might scare > > some of you into doing it first with a more readable language. :-) > > I always thought that HTTP couldn't be that difficult to do, if it was > strictly limited to the small subset that Etherboot needs. 15 hours > later, I have the proof ;-) > > The attached patch is against 5.0.11, as that was easiest to test with; > I might try to port it next week at LinuxExpo, if I can find a more > up-to-date test environment. > > Now, whether this is really a good idea, and whether it should go into > Etherboot, is a a completely different question. I leave that up to Ken. > > > > Markus > -- |
