Re: [Etherboot-developers] Re: TCP and HTTP support

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ke...@et... (Ken Yap) writes:

> >> implementation of multicast).  That alternative is to build a tree
> >> of machines where the root only transmits the image to some of them.
> >
> >As I was working on tftm it crossed my mind that EB might be able to
> >transmit a received packet to another multicast address as it is
> >received.  However since the NICs are not filtering the addresses, it
> >would probably just add clutter to the network.
> 
> Or you could do something bittorrent-like.

Hmm.   That is an interesting idea.

The size of BitTorrent causes my some concern.  As does the fact that
it is written in python.  Not because of python itself but more because
people who write good low level code tend to prefer lower level languages.

But I think it is worth looking at as I survey the possibilities.

Eric