From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 10 05:59:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CA6E16A40B; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:59:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [64.129.166.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 510BC13C494; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:59:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.42.21] (andersonbox1.centtech.com [192.168.42.21]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2A5xhEb022727; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 23:59:43 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <45F2494D.3070201@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:59:41 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070204) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bruce M. Simpson" References: <200703072157.l27LvWgC074743@ambrisko.com> <45EF56A4.10204@FreeBSD.org> <45EF7ADA.9010604@freebsd.org> <45EFD04F.2040704@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <45EFD04F.2040704@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.4/2796/Fri Mar 9 19:06:00 2007 on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on mh1.centtech.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" Subject: Re: etherboot + pxeboot ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 05:59:44 -0000 On 03/08/07 02:58, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Eric Anderson wrote: >> On 03/07/07 18:19, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: >>> I played with this as recently as December. The BTX halted problem >>> you are seeing is the same 'ol same 'ol 'BTX wants to play in vm86 >>> mode, but BIOS or expansion ROM wants to play in real mode' problem. >>> >> So excuse my ignorance on this, but is this something that is fixable, >> or is pxeboot just never going to work right? > It's fixable if someone sits down and takes the time to rewrite BTX to > be able to trampoline into real mode when calling certain BIOS routines. > I tried to sit down and do this last October when I had some free time > to work on it, but got nowhere fast. > > Regards, > BMS Well, considering I have no clue what all that means, I guess I'm not much help in that case. :) Maybe someone out there will pick it up. Should it be added to the projects page? Eric