ollie lho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 2002-06-21 at 07:44, Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> >
> >
> > Eric, something we will need: etherboot needs a way to have more than one
> > ethernet interface compiled in, so that stuff like the pcm-5823 can be
> > supported regardless of ethernet type.
> >
>
> This is the reason that I don't think Etherboot would be a good general
> purpose bootloader. It lacks a well defined abstraction layer which
> makes this kind of extension very painful.
The lack of extensibility in etherboot is a significant point.
However.
a) Multiple NIC support has already been implemented.
From etherboot cvs do:
make rtl8139--eepro100.ebi
b) I am currently look to see how far etherboot can really go. From
working with it I agree it isn't there now, but I don't see a big
problem with taking it there. At this point something has to be
taken where I want to go, so I am starting with the code that most
fulfills my other objectives.
Eric
