Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 18:12:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Stephane E. Potvin" <sepotvin@videotron.ca> Cc: Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New bootloader and network iface Message-ID: <199812180212.SAA00576@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:16:04 EST." <367982A4.F24161D3@videotron.ca>
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> 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
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