[syslinux] UNDI-3.1 support in pxelinux?

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Tue Dec 9 15:27:33 PST 2008


Glenn Brown wrote:
> HPA et al.:
> 
> Are there any plans for pxelinux to support UNDI-3.1, as defined in 
> UEFI-2.1, appendix E?
> 
> I ask because I was dismayed to see EFI systems successfully download 
> pxelinux, only to have pxelinux exit.  This was a major downer after 
> implementing an debugging an entire EFI "UNDI" driver.  Scanning 
> pxelinux.asm, I conclude that pxelinux supports only UNDI-2.1 at the moment.
> 

EFI is a whole different system.  Supporting EFI is (probably) a
long-term goal, but it's not going to happen soon.

	-hpa




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