From: Tobias Wollgam <tobias.wollgam@materna.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: UNDI/PXE for 2.4.x available?
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:08:43 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020204170844.2AB5667F1@penelope.materna.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020204154633.E2BC267F3@penelope.materna.de> <a3md05$ps3$1@cesium.transmeta.com>
In-Reply-To: <a3md05$ps3$1@cesium.transmeta.com>
We want to install PCs over ethernet with PXE. For the first boot from
net we have nothing than the network, we don't know the hardware, so an
UNDI in the kernel would be perfect. IMHO
> I think you'll have that problem with any UNDI driver; in either case
> I suspect that (a) performance will stink no matter what
That's ok for the things we will do.
> and (b) it won't work properly with SMP unless you apply really
> heavy locking.
Does it matter in our case?
> The PXE people at Intel really seems enamored with the idea of using
> the UNDI stack all the way into the operating system;
We need it not to run an operating system, we need it for the
installation of an operating system.
On the other hand, UNDI will deliver a network driver for all PXE-cards
that come up before there is any direct hardware support. (Ok, then b
matters)
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Tobias Wollgam * Softwaredevelopment * Business Unit Information
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-04 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-04 15:46 UNDI/PXE for 2.4.x available? Tobias Wollgam
2002-02-04 16:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-04 17:08 ` Tobias Wollgam [this message]
2002-02-04 17:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
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