From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1FdORv-0004kJ-G1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 05:24:11 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FdORt-0004hk-7I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 05:24:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FdORq-0004fO-78 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 05:24:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FdORq-0004fG-2a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 05:24:06 -0400 Received: from [155.198.5.113] (helo=mr3.cc.ic.ac.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FdOSr-00013Z-Lj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 05:25:09 -0400 Received: from icexp4.cc.ic.ac.uk ([155.198.3.44] helo=icex.imperial.ac.uk) by mr3.cc.ic.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FdORn-00046h-J7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 May 2006 10:24:03 +0100 Received: from [155.198.117.83] ([155.198.117.83]) by icex.imperial.ac.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 9 May 2006 10:23:19 +0100 Message-ID: <44605F87.4060703@imperial.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:23:19 +0100 From: vincent guffens User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051017) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <63DA313E79D4B947ABC7AE6DDC9CC309040EA2@srv2003.bladefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <63DA313E79D4B947ABC7AE6DDC9CC309040EA2@srv2003.bladefusion.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 May 2006 09:23:19.0500 (UTC) FILETIME=[35DBA8C0:01C6734A] Subject: Re: GRUB2 netboot development X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 09:24:10 -0000 Rudy Attias wrote: > > Netboot is taking a different direction? I'm curious about that, can you > give some details? yes, grub legacy also used the drivers from Etherboot and it was reported not be easily manageable. When Etherboot developpers decide to change something, the glue code written in grub might have to change too and so grub developper must constantly track these changes. Also, this messy glue code is not particularly elegant and is not very funny to program. It does not seem to me that it would happen too often but it will happen and I don't have the experience that developpers from grub legacy have. So now the idea is to have a unique UNDI driver or maybe to find a way to call into etherboot and come back into grub if the PXE/UNDI is not supported. For the moment it is not clear for anyone I think how calling into etherboot would be done.