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Re: Time to fork the netboot code?
From: |
Chip Salzenberg |
Subject: |
Re: Time to fork the netboot code? |
Date: |
Tue, 8 May 2001 23:53:49 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.3.17i |
According to OKUJI Yoshinori:
> > > So transition to a more powerful set of device drivers
> > > would be necessary.
> >
> > Hm. Has anyone started on this?
>
> No, AFAIK. However, you cannot do this alone. It is necessary to
> implement real memory management and handle protected-mode interrupts
> and real-mode ones concurrently, using v86-mode. That is exactly the
> plan which should be done after 1.0 release.
OK, good to know. I do have some short-term goals which can only be
met by further hacking on the Etherboot drivers. But I look forward
to participating in such long-term improvements as you describe.
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <address@hidden>
"We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms." -- NEAR tech
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