Re: Patch to align virt and phys spaces on i386

"H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:07:38 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.network.etherboot.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Glenn Brown wrote:
> Could you briefly explain the motivation for KEEP_IT_REAL? Specifically, 
> what's the down side of not supporting it, what's it for other than 
> strict PXE compliance, how does it relate to EFI now that Intel claims 
> EFI has superceded PXE, and where can I get a copy of the PXE spec now 
> that Intel no longer distributes it?

Hah!  Microsoft won't even bother with EFI support for Vista, and Intel 
tells people PXE is superceded?  Give me a freggin' break.

Anyway, it's there for strict PXE compliance.

	-hpa


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