From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Evgiu-0007Bw-GU for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:01:04 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Evgis-0007BF-53 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:01:02 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Evgiq-0007Aa-9F for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:01:01 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Evgip-0007AT-WA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:01:00 -0500 Received: from [194.109.24.27] (helo=smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Evgkz-0007K5-Dz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2006 15:03:13 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k08JwvOR067181 for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:58:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl To: grub-devel@gnu.org From: Marco Gerards Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:58:58 +0100 Message-ID: <8764ou330d.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Subject: Networking status 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: Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:01:02 -0000 Hi, This weekend I worked on networking support for GRUB 2. It is still far from done. A lot of people are interested in this functionality, so I hope this email answers all questions. At first I said I would do this in February, but things went more smoothly than I expected. First of all, what have I been doing: Because I like working in userspace because it makes things easier to debug, I am using grub-emu to implement networking. In order to be able to do this I am using TAP (a virtual Ethernet device). I have developed Ethernet support. At the moment only the TAP device is supported. But I plan to add support for IEEE 1275 and perhaps UNDI support. Vincent was working on support for PCI cards, I hope he will find the time to finish this some day... Except Ethernet support, I've also written ARP support and made it possible to send IP+UDP packets. The support to receive IP+UDP is not finished yet. How everything is implemented will be described when I send in the patch, but feel free to ask questions about the implementation and design. Things I planned to do: - Finish IPv4+UDP receive. - Implement DHCP/BOOTP. - Clean up the code a bit and document everything properly. - Add IEEE 1275 support (so networking will work on the PPC and SPARC). - Implement TFTP. Things I will perhaps work on: - UNDI - Starting a GRUB hackers manual with clear examples of networking and how it all works. Things I (most likely) will not do: - PCI card support. Thanks, Marco