[syslinux] pxechn location

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Wed Jul 27 16:28:50 PDT 2011


On 07/27/2011 03:44 PM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> 
> I've been waiting on both asking for consideration for inclusion and
> continuing to expand to generic options until I got some positive
> feedback.  I believe there have been at least 3 or 4 individuals who
> have shown interest but I think the only trace of results were
> negative results on an NBP that either issued its own DHCP request or
> ignored packet 3 (I believe the only one that should be touched and
> should take precedence over the others).  I've tested it myself but
> I've only really tested loading other copies of PXELINUX on my
> selection of hardware and I'd rather know how other software/hardware
> reacts to this module before considering it ready for general use.  I
> also need to do some relatively minor code cleanup to remove/reformat
> extra comments.
> 

Well, at some point it really needs to be included for people to even
know that it is existed...

Packet 3 isn't always considered the "gold" packet; some NBPs prefer to
use packet 2, at least for the network-related options.

	-hpa




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