diff --git a/contrib/rom-o-matic/bottom.php b/contrib/rom-o-matic/bottom.php
index a6343d45..9ba8e319 100644
--- a/contrib/rom-o-matic/bottom.php
+++ b/contrib/rom-o-matic/bottom.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?
+<?php
 
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Marty Connor <mdc@etherboot.org>.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Resources:
 <hr>
   <font size="-1">
     <br>
-    Please email <a href="mailto:<? echo "${webmaster_email}" ?>"><? echo "${webmaster_email}"?></a>
+    Please email <a href="mailto:<?php echo "${webmaster_email}" ?>"><?php echo "${webmaster_email}"?></a>
     with questions or comments about this website.
   </font>
   <br><br>
diff --git a/contrib/rom-o-matic/customize-flags.php b/contrib/rom-o-matic/customize-flags.php
index 23090439..e283921a 100644
--- a/contrib/rom-o-matic/customize-flags.php
+++ b/contrib/rom-o-matic/customize-flags.php
@@ -34,30 +34,30 @@ include_once $top_inc;
 ?>
 
 <form action="build.php" method=POST>
-  <input type="hidden" name="version" value = "<? echo $version ?>">
+  <input type="hidden" name="version" value = "<?php echo $version ?>">
   <input type="hidden" name="use_flags" value="1">
   <h3>
-    Make changes below and press <? echo $build ?> to create an image, <br>
-    Or press <? echo $restart ?> to return to the main page.
+    Make changes below and press <?php echo $build ?> to create an image, <br>
+    Or press <?php echo $restart ?> to return to the main page.
   </h3>
   <hr>
   <ul>
-  <? require ( "directions.php" ); ?>
+  <?php require ( "directions.php" ); ?>
   </ul>
   <hr>
-  <? echo_flags( $flags ); ?>
+  <?php echo_flags( $flags ); ?>
   <hr>
   <h3>Embedded Script:</h3>
-  <? echo textarea ( "embedded_script", "", "10", "50" ); ?>
+  <?php echo textarea ( "embedded_script", "", "10", "50" ); ?>
   <br><br>
   <hr>
   <center><table width="35%"><tr>
-  <td align="left"> <? echo $build; ?> </td>
-  <td align="right"> <? echo $restart ?></td>
+  <td align="left"> <?php echo $build; ?> </td>
+  <td align="right"> <?php echo $restart ?></td>
   </tr></table></center>
 </form>
 
-<? include_once $bottom_inc; ?>
+<?php include_once $bottom_inc; ?>
 <?
 // For emacs:
 //
diff --git a/contrib/rom-o-matic/directions.php b/contrib/rom-o-matic/directions.php
index 45323573..540121ed 100644
--- a/contrib/rom-o-matic/directions.php
+++ b/contrib/rom-o-matic/directions.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?
+<?php
 
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Marty Connor <mdc@etherboot.org>.
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 
 ?>
     <li>
-      Choose an output format: <? echo keys_menubox ( "ofmt", $ofmts,
+      Choose an output format: <?php echo keys_menubox ( "ofmt", $ofmts,
       isset ( $_POST['ofmt'] ) ? $_POST['ofmt'] : "") ?>
       <br><br>
     </li>
     <li>
-      Choose a NIC type: <? echo keys_menubox ( "nic", $nics,
+      Choose a NIC type: <?php echo keys_menubox ( "nic", $nics,
       isset ( $_POST['nic'] ) ? $_POST['nic'] : "" ) ?>
       <br><br>
     </li>
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
       <a href="http://www.ipxe.org/howto/romburning"
       target="_blank">here</a>.
       <br><br>
-      PCI VENDOR CODE:  <? echo textbox ( "pci_vendor_code",
+      PCI VENDOR CODE:  <?php echo textbox ( "pci_vendor_code",
       isset ( $_POST['pci_vendor_code'] ) ? $_POST['pci_vendor_code']
               : "", 6 ); ?>
       &nbsp;&nbsp;
-      PCI DEVICE CODE:  <? echo textbox ( "pci_device_code",
+      PCI DEVICE CODE:  <?php echo textbox ( "pci_device_code",
       isset ( $_POST['pci_device_code'] ) ? $_POST['pci_device_code']
               : "", 6 ); ?>
       <h4>Please note for ROM images:</h4>
diff --git a/contrib/rom-o-matic/index.php b/contrib/rom-o-matic/index.php
index 12b7e1a8..26585c97 100644
--- a/contrib/rom-o-matic/index.php
+++ b/contrib/rom-o-matic/index.php
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ include_once $top_inc;
 
 ?>
 <form action="build.php" method=POST>
-  <input type="hidden" name="version" value = "<? echo $version ?>">
+  <input type="hidden" name="version" value = "<?php echo $version ?>">
   <h3>To create an image:</h3>
   <ol>
-    <? require ( "directions.php" ); ?>
+    <?php require ( "directions.php" ); ?>
     <li>
       Generate and download an image:
       <input type="submit" name="A" value="Get Image">
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ include_once $top_inc;
   </ol>
 </form>
 
-<? include_once $bottom_inc ?>
+<?php include_once $bottom_inc ?>
diff --git a/contrib/rom-o-matic/top.php b/contrib/rom-o-matic/top.php
index 25562086..42a8e2d2 100644
--- a/contrib/rom-o-matic/top.php
+++ b/contrib/rom-o-matic/top.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
-<?
+<?php
 
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Marty Connor <mdc@etherboot.org>.
@@ -25,17 +25,17 @@
 
 <html>
 <head>
-  <link rev="made" href="mailto:<? echo "${webmaster_email}" ?>">
+  <link rev="made" href="mailto:<?php echo "${webmaster_email}" ?>">
   <meta name="keywords" content="rom, etherboot, ipxe, open source, rom-o-matic.net">
-  <title><? echo $header_title ?></title>
-  <meta name="description" content="<? echo $description ?>">
+  <title><?php echo $header_title ?></title>
+  <meta name="description" content="<?php echo $description ?>">
 </head>
 <h1>
-<? echo "$html_title" ?>&nbsp;
+<?php echo "$html_title" ?>&nbsp;
 </h1>
 <hr>
 <h2>
-<? echo "$html_tagline" ?>
+<?php echo "$html_tagline" ?>
 </h2>
 </form>
 <hr>
diff --git a/contrib/rom-o-matic/utils.php b/contrib/rom-o-matic/utils.php
index dc5bd414..e0e62f44 100644
--- a/contrib/rom-o-matic/utils.php
+++ b/contrib/rom-o-matic/utils.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<? // -*- Mode: PHP; -*-
+<?php // -*- Mode: PHP; -*-
 
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Marty Connor <mdc@etherboot.org>.
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ function parse_nic_file ()
         if ( strpos ( $first_eight_chars, "family" ) === 0 ) {
 
             // get pathname of NIC driver
-            list ( $dummy, $nic ) = split( "[ \t]+", $line );
+            #list ( $dummy, $nic ) = split( "[ \t]+", $line );
+            list ( $dummy, $nic ) = explode("\t", $line);
             settype ( $nic, "string" );
 
             // extract filename name of driver from pathname