From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mm607-0001wB-RT for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:17:19 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mm605-0001uw-28 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:17:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mm600-0001sT-FZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:17:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47168 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mm600-0001sP-50 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:17:12 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:50390 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 1Mm5zz-0004rY-S3 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:17:12 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mm5zy-0001aM-B8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:10 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mm5zx-00025s-Ot for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:09 +0200 Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:09 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090911131709.GC7959@thorin> References: <4AA7B690.20909@gmail.com> <1252505468.2998.16.camel@fz.local> <1252587711.2908.38.camel@fz.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:17:17 -0000 On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 02:17:56PM -0700, Seth Goldberg wrote: > >>> It sounds good. Looks like gPXE should work on EFI. >>> >>> I will try to build an image. >>> >> >> Though that doestn't change that pxe.mod is currently only build for >> i386-pc and nothing else > > Does anyone have any patches that enable PXE on EFI-firmware-based systems? What we need is firmware-independant support. I can live with the PXE-on-BIOS hack if it's useful, but what we're supposed to have is a driver framework like the one in GRUB Legacy, not a stub for each firmware type. Reliing on firmware is problematic, because it's usually proprietary and buggy, we shouldn't do it if it can be avoided. -- 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."