Re: NIC identification with PXE?

On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 07:09:58PM -0400, Marty Connor wrote:
> On May 27, 2005, at 12:15 PM, Geert Stappers wrote:
> >On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 04:53:38PM +0100, John Connett wrote:
> >>We use PXE and Etherboot to install FreeBSD 4 systems.  Until recently
> >>all of these systems used Intel EtherExpressPro1000 82540EM NICs so 
> >>all
> >>that was necessary was to have the DHCP server reply with the
> >>"e1000.zpxe" file.
> >>Now systems that use Broadcom Tigon 3 5721 NICs are being introduced
> >>which require the "tg3.zpxe" file.
> >>Is there a mechanism by which the DHCP server can automatically
> >>determine the model of NIC that is being used so that it can reply 
> >>with
> >>the matching file?  We use a custom DHCP server which can be modified 
> >>if
> >>necessary.
> >....
> >Looking forward to your report where you tell how you solved this
> >(off-topic) problem.
> 
> I don't think this request was very off-topic, even for 
> etherboot-developers.
> 
> It might have been more illuminating if it was sent to etherboot-users, 
> but right now the split between the lists is somewhat artificial.  I 
> think most of the implementors and major contributors to Etherboot read 
> both lists.

It was me ( as in my personal opinion ) who would about a possible
_server side_ setup is. ( Etherboot happens at client side )
I'm still curious what custom DHCP server the original poster uses.

> 
> John, thank you very much for your question, and for the work and 
> thought you put into it.  It is thought provoking questions like yours 
> that encourage us to improve our software and our documentation.

At http://www.etherboot.org/doc is 5.2 information,
CVS has a etherboot-doc-5.3 directory and I feel clumsy.
I do know that I push where it hurts, but don't known how the help.

More in a next message

> 
> Marty
> 

Cheers
Geert Stappers



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