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Michael Brown 040f7cdf3a [pcbios] Print INT 15,E820 extended attributes, if present
The ACPI specification defines an additional 4-byte field at offset 20
for an E820 memory map entry.  This field is presumably optional,
since generally E820 gets given only a 20-byte buffer to fill.
However, the bits of this optional field are defined as:

  bit 0 : region is enabled
  bit 1 : region is non-volatile memory rather than RAM

so it seems as though callers that pass in only a 20-byte buffer may
be missing out on some rather important information.
2008-09-29 03:55:13 +01:00
contrib [util] Disable automatic CR->LF conversion in serial-console utility 2008-09-07 22:08:40 +01:00
src [pcbios] Print INT 15,E820 extended attributes, if present 2008-09-29 03:55:13 +01:00
COPYING Initial revision 2005-05-17 16:44:57 +00:00
COPYRIGHTS Rename Copyrights to COPYRIGHTS for consistency with other filenames 2008-02-14 16:21:51 -05:00
LOG Update LOG for 0.9.3 release 2008-02-14 16:33:43 -05:00
README Add README file which replaces INSTALL and gives pointers to more information. 2008-02-14 16:17:30 -05:00
VERSION [release] Update version information for 0.9.4 release 2008-09-26 15:14:34 -04:00

gPXE README File

gPXE is an implementation of the PXE specification for network
booting, with extensions to allow additional features such as booting
via HTTP, iSCSI, and AoE.  

In generally, gPXE is compatible with the industry-standard PXE
specification, and also supports Etherboot .nbi file loading and some
additional protocols and features.

For more detailed information about gPXE, please visit our project
website at: http://etherboot.org/

BUILDING gPXE IMAGE FROM SOURCE

If you don't want to install development tools, and have access to the
Web, you can get gPXE and Etherboot ROM images made on demand from
http://rom-o-matic.net/

If you would like to compile gPXE images from source, here are some tips.

We normally compile gPXE images on x86, 32-bit Linux machines. It is
possible to also use x86-64 machines. We use gcc compiler options to
create 32-bit output.

It is important to have the necessary software  packages installed.  A gcc-based
toolchain is required.

The following packages (at least) are required:

  - a gcc tool chain (gcc 3.x or gcc 4.x)
  - binutils
  - perl
  - syslinux
  - mtools
  
To test your environment, cd to the "src" directory and type:

   make

You should see a lot of output, and when it stops, the "bin" directory
should be populated with gPXE images and object files.

To learn more about what to build and how to use gPXE, please visit our
project website at http://etherboot.org/ , particularly the "howto" section.

CONTACTING US

Pointers to our project mailing lists are on http://etherboot.org/

Real-time help is often available on IRC on the #etherboot channel of
irc.freenode.net.