Re: network boot

Intel Pro 1000 MT
Device instance ID:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076&SUBSYS_10768086&REV_00\4&1A671D0C&0&38F0

Hardware IDs: 	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076&SUBSYS_10768086&REV_00
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076&SUBSYS_10768086
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076&CC_020000
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076&CC_0200

Compatible IDs: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076&REV_00
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1076
		PCI\VEN_8086&CC_020000
		PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0200
		PCI\VEN_8086
		PCI\CC_020000
		PCI\CC_0200

Intel Pro/wireless 2915abg
Device instance ID:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&SUBSYS_10008086&REV_05\4&1A671D0C&0&70F0

Hardware IDs: 	PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&SUBSYS_10008086&REV_05
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&SUBSYS_10008086
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&CC_028000
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&CC_0280

Compatible IDs: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223&REV_05
		PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4223
		PCI\VEN_8086&CC_028000
		PCI\VEN_8086&CC_0280
		PCI\VEN_8086
		PCI\CC_028000
		PCI\CC_0280

I did not know which one so I posted all of them.

-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Oreman [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:58 AM
To: Spooner, Darren
Cc: Kyle Kienapfel; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Etherboot-discuss] network boot

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Spooner, Darren
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Ok I got that to work, but I turns out that my nics are not supported

I'm sorry to hear that. It would be useful to have the exact
vendor:device PCI IDs for the NICs you're trying to get working
(available in Device Manager under Windows, or the output of `lspci -nn'
under Linux), so that we can pinpoint which drivers are missing.

> Is there a way someone can develop dirvers for the intel pro 1000 MT 
> and/or intel pro wireless 2915abg?
> And put them on the rom-o-matic site?

Drivers do not develop out of thin air. Wireless drivers especially take
a week or two of solid effort, even for someone who's done a lot of them
before.

If you are so inclined, you might consider learning the necessary skills
to develop a driver or drivers yourself; there are several useful
resources on http://etherboot.org/. If not, there are some very skilled
people in our community who do gPXE driver development under contract.
Our project leader, Marty Connor <[email protected]>, is one and can
refer you to others.

Otherwise, this is a volunteer project for all of us, and unfortunately
we can't take a week or two away from our jobs to develop something for
free. We do this because we enjoy it. Drivers for those two types of
cards will probably come about eventually if you wait, but I can't
estimate as to when.

Thanks for your interest,

-- Josh

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