On Thursday 16 August 2012 14:01:34 Gavin Panella wrote: > MAC database > ------------ > > We could maintain a database of MAC addresses with their hardware > types (and other metadata, if it's interesting), and ship this with > MAAS. The dynamic TFTP server would refer to it when rendering the PXE > config file. Hardware manufacturers would provide the data for this, > but it could be augmented on-site too. > > This is fairly low-tech and cheap to implement, but would be very > effective.
Where would the data come from to populate this database and what format would it take? As you say this could be a general fallback solution but I think the ideal solution is to push for a real solution in upstream/hardware. In the meantime, we have to make the best of things as we can. Cheers -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~maas-devel Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~maas-devel More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
