Re: GRUB plans...

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

From: Christoph Plattner <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: GRUB plans...
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 10:56:46 +0200

> For the release we should really think of a method to
> able to copy in always the current status of the NIC
> drivers of the etherboot project. For this we can create
> for example a `netboot/drivers' directory. The other 
> netboot stuff like maic.c and so can stay stable in the
> GRUB source tree. Only the drivers and may be PCI stuff
> (aas they want to create more common routines for - for
> example - enabling bus master, etc....)

I don't think the directory hierarchy is the cause of difficulty for
updating network drivers. You should be able to copy drivers of any
version of Etherboot to the directory "netboot" with no problem (Of
course, except that you will have to implement some additional glue
code).

> Are you interested in such plans to have quite hopefully
> good working NIC driver versions until GRUB will get a new
> NIC stuff.

I'm always interested in improvement of the network support. The
current status is unsatisfactory for me, too.

Regards,
Okuji