Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932270AbWHGSRt (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:17:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932244AbWHGSRs (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:17:48 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:56545 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932084AbWHGSRp (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:17:45 -0400 Message-ID: <44D78337.40109@zytor.com> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:15:19 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Engelhardt CC: Daniel Rodrick , Linux Newbie , kernelnewbies , linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Univeral Protocol Driver (using UNDI) in Linux References: <292693080608070339p6b42feacw9d8f27a147cf1771@mail.gmail.com> <44D7579D.1040303@zytor.com> <292693080608070911g57ae1215qd994e03b9dd87b66@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1141 Lines: 27 Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> Agreed. But still having a single driver for all the NICs would be >> simply GREAT for my setup, in which all the PCs will be booted using >> PXE only. So apart from performance / relilability issues, what are >> the technical roadblocks in this? > > Netboot, in the current world, could be done like this: > > 1. Grab the PXE ROM code chip manufacturers offer in case your network card > does not support booting via PXE yet and write it to an EPROM which most > PCI network cards have a socket for > > 2. Use PXELINUX, boot that with the help of the PXE ROM code > > 3. Put all drivers needed into the kernel or initrd; or send out different > initrds depending on the DHCP info the PXE client sent. > There is a program called "ethersel" included with PXELINUX which can be used to send out different initrds depending on an enumeration of PCI space. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/