Re: Time to fork the netboot code?

[Chip Salzenberg]

According to OKUJI Yoshinori:
> > > So transition to a more powerful set of device drivers
> > > would be necessary.
> > 
> > Hm.  Has anyone started on this?
> 
> No, AFAIK. However, you cannot do this alone. It is necessary to
> implement real memory management and handle protected-mode interrupts
> and real-mode ones concurrently, using v86-mode. That is exactly the
> plan which should be done after 1.0 release.

OK, good to know.  I do have some short-term goals which can only be
met by further hacking on the Etherboot drivers.  But I look forward
to participating in such long-term improvements as you describe.
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