Date: Wed, 03 Nov 1999 19:17:39 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC build broken Message-ID: <32065.941653059@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Nov 1999 09:49:32 PST." <199911031749.JAA59950@apollo.backplane.com>
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In message <199911031749.JAA59950@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon writes: > >: >:> I think there is only one thing that will ever allow us to remove >:> the BOOTP code from the kernel, and that is if a time comes when >:> the BIOSes for all standard off-the-shelf motherboards all have >:> the ability to set a boot-from-network option. When/if that ever >:> occurs, then we will be able to remove the code. >: >:Please take a few minutes to go to developer.intel.com and read about >:PXE. Note that it's card-centric, not board-centric, so it doesn't >:require any buy-in from motherboard vendors. Also, because it's >:software only, there are already third-party vendors with software for >:most cards on the market. > > Mike, you aren't listening to what I am saying. Go back to my last > email and read it again carefully. All the standards in the world > for network card operation won't help you until the BIOS actually > tries to use them directly. PXE sounds cool, but coolness doesn't > count unless all the motherboard manufacturers start using it. Matt, Please try to do as Mike says, it would save a lot of time and windmills if you would check the facts rather than keep arguing your unfounded dogma. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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