From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 17 18:14:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA25481 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:14:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA25474 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:14:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA00576; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812180212.SAA00576@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Stephane E. Potvin" cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New bootloader and network iface In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:16:04 EST." <367982A4.F24161D3@videotron.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:12:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have to be able to boot a kernel over the network. > Looking at the new bootloader. I gather from the code that > it should be possible given that the right device support > is added. Does anyone know if any nic is already supported > and if so where I could find the code? If there are no nic > drivers available right now is there any doc about what > the bootloader is expecting the driver to look like apart > from the code? Btw, I can't use nic boot roms to do it. There's no documentation, apart from the code at this stage, no. Network booting works on the Alpha, although it has some rough edges at the moment. If you're interested in working on this, I'd be more than happy to help you with it. -- \\ 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-hackers" in the body of the message