From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MlosB-0005w6-Rp for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:59:59 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlosA-0005v2-8x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:59:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mlos5-0005o1-9z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:59:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59465 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mlos5-0005nm-4v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:59:53 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:59615 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mlos4-0007AM-Il for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:59:52 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mlos2-0006sr-Vc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:59:51 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mlos2-0004t8-A2 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:59:50 +0200 Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:59:50 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090910185950.GB18736@thorin> References: <4AA7B690.20909@gmail.com> <1252505468.2998.16.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: PXEgrub development on grub2 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: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:59:58 -0000 On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 05:04:35PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > HEllo > > 2009/9/9 Felix Zielcke : > > Am Mittwoch, den 09.09.2009, 17:07 +0300 schrieb Lars Nooden: > >> I see that all new work is on Grub2.  What timeline is there for > >> bringing the pxegrub functionality forward to grub2 from legacy grub? > >> > >> Regards > >> -Lars > >> > > > > I don't know what pxegrub can do, but GRUB 2 has PXE support: > > http://grub.enbug.org/PXEBOOT > > > > This would suffice for reading config and/or default from tftp so the > boot selection can be changed remotely on systems that have PXE. > > Is it possible to do something similar on systems that do not have PXE > (ie systems without PXE BIOS or Apple EFI)? We should have network card drivers like GRUB Legacy had. In GRUB Legacy, they were imported from Etherboot. In GRUB 2 we can do the same, as long as they're GPL-compatible. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."