Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:49:03 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netboot status ? (diskless related) Message-ID: <199902191949.LAA01129@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:39:28 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902191938250.81758-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > > Doug A. > > > One of atleast a couple people netbooting ELF kernels, starting to think people > > > don't care about netbooting anymore. > > > > I'm just waiting for you to finish the job; the loader needs network > > support too (there is actually WIP on this, let me know if you need > > more information). > > Note that the bootp/dhcp and nfs code in libstand works perfectly (I use > it for netboot on the alpha) so all that is needed is drivers. Yup; the WIP at the moment is driver support and infrastructure - on the Alpha you're just using SRM for the network, wheras on i386 there's somewhat more work to do. It sounded like another week or so would see some preliminary results. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199902191949.LAA01129>