[syslinux] uEFI and IPv6 support

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/14/2011 12:02 PM, Christopher D Haakinson wrote:
> 
> Hi, I need two questions answered:
> 
> 1) When will PXELINUX have uEFI support?
> 

Hopefully later this year or early next.

> 2) With uEFI support comes IPv6 PXE support. Our latest IBM System X boxes
> all have IPv6 EFI-based PXE code ready to go, however the syslinux
> community seems to be very behind on uEFI and IPv6 integration for
> PXELINUX. Will PXELINUX ever support IPv6 from a uEFI network boot?

Well, since BIOS PXE doesn't have IPv6 EFI support is a precondition, so
it will be done as part of the above enabling.

	-hpa