[gPXE-devel] [PATCH] [pcnet32] Replace pcnet32 driver

[Marty Connor]

On 6/13/10 3:44 PM, Andrei Faur wrote:
> Hello everyone. The following patch replaces the old pcnet32 driver
> with a new one that uses gPXE's API.
> 
> You can find a detailed list of commits at [1].
> 
> Feedback is needed and certainly welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrei Faur
> 
> [1] http://git.etherboot.org/?p=people/andreif/gpxe.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/pcnet32_tmp

Hi Andrei,

Thanks for doing this!  You're well on your way to your GSoC goals.

Some things I'd like to know:

- In what ways is this driver an improvement over the old driver?

- What testing have you done?  What are the results?

- Has anyone else tested your work?

- Comparison of performance of the old driver to the new one in various
situations.

I actually know the answers to a lot of these questions, but for people
on gpxe-devel who have not been working with you, presenting this
information along with the code would be helpful.

Once again, congratulations on this.  I am sure it will be a vast
improvement over the legacy pcnet32 driver in gPXE, and I look forward
to learning more about it.

/ Marty /