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Date:      Fri, 08 Oct 1999 15:24:21 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: netbooting on fxp0? 
Message-ID:  <199910082224.PAA01988@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 08 Oct 1999 17:17:14 EDT." <14334.24410.547615.160531@trooper.velocet.net> 

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> I'm somewhat aware that we have netboot code that understands 3com
> 3c509s and nc8390's.  Last I checked, one had to burn a boot ROM for
> these cards and they were 10Mb.
> 
> The current batch of IBM etherjets (probe as fxp0) have dhcp-enabled
> boot ROMs built into them.  What is required to support these, or has
> someone worked on this already.   100Mb cards could make a decent
> diskless workstation/server.

I'm working on this at the moment, since RedHat have managed to get
Intel to release their PXE development kit under an almost-no-conditions
license.  If you (or anyone else) are interested in working on this, 
please contact me directly.


-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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