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Michael Brown 125c6d66a8 [linda] Add support for QLogic 7220-based Infiniband HCAs
These cards very nearly support our current IB Verbs model.  There is
one minor difference: multicast packets will always be delivered by
the hardware to QP0, so the driver has to redirect them to the
appropriate QP.  This means that QP owners may see receive completions
for buffers that they never posted.  Nothing in our current codebase
will break because of this.
2008-11-11 05:58:47 +00:00
contrib [contrib] Add patch to enable writable ROM images in bochs 2008-10-21 20:49:10 +01:00
src [linda] Add support for QLogic 7220-based Infiniband HCAs 2008-11-11 05:58:47 +00:00
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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 to 0.9.5+ post release 2008-10-01 13:46:16 -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.