Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:35:22 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r186598 - head/sys/boot/i386/boot0 Message-ID: <20081230173522.GA19473@dragon.NUXI.org> In-Reply-To: <e71790db0812300340p5c0fba33xe6fb817ced132afe@mail.gmail.com> References: <200812300940.mBU9epuS086194@svn.freebsd.org> <e71790db0812300340p5c0fba33xe6fb817ced132afe@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 09:40:40AM -0200, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Author: luigi > > Date: Tue Dec 30 09:40:50 2008 > > New Revision: 186598 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186598 > > > ---8<--- > > + Add an entry "F6 PXE" when the code is built with -DPXE (which is > > a default now). Technically, F6 boots through INT18, so the prompt 'PXE' > > is a bit misleading. Unfortunately the name INT18 > > is too long and does not fit in - we could use ROM perhaps. > > The reason I picked 'PXE' is that on many (I believe) new systems > > INT18 calls PXE. > ---8<--- > > I think "PXE" will look a bit cryptic for most users. What about using > "Net", instead? I think PXE is best - its a specfic type of netbooting. Otherwise, one may wonder what type "Net" is. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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