Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964985AbWHHQhz (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:37:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964983AbWHHQhz (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:37:55 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([192.83.249.54]:32215 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964967AbWHHQhy (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 12:37:54 -0400 Message-ID: <44D8BD51.8040206@zytor.com> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:35:29 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060614) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Rodrick CC: 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> <44D76F26.9@zytor.com> <292693080608072213n2be75176g46199e92d669f5de@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <292693080608072213n2be75176g46199e92d669f5de@mail.gmail.com> 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: 697 Lines: 20 Daniel Rodrick wrote: > > Hi ... so there seem to be no technical feasibily issues, just > reliabliy / ugly design issues? So one can still go ahead and write a > Universal Protocol Driver that can work with all (PXE compatible) > NICs? > For some definition of "all" = meaning "it might work on some of them." > Are there any issues related to real mode / protected mode? Yes, a whole bunch of PXE/UNDI stacks are broken in protected mode. -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/