On 10 Aug 2002 17:37:42 -0600, Eric W Biederman wrote: > > I don't expect etherboot to ever support the range of interfaces that > > linux does, or equal linux performance for boot, so my use of etherboot is > > as a stopgap until motherboards become more sane. > > Not supporting all of the hardware that Linux does is probably true, > I'm not certain this will make a difference in practice. Supporting > the range of interfaces well we will see. >
I have an 'in practice' case where this has made a difference. Our system bootloads from a wireless PCMCIA card. Etherboot dosen't currently have support for PCMCIA devices or bridges so my only option was by using Linux. Hopefully, thats on the radar screen for etherboot in the future. -- Richard A. Smith Bitworks, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 479.846.5777 x104 Sr. Design Engineer http://www.bitworks.com
