[gPXE] IBM netboot, large network, and KVM virtualization issues

[Marty Connor]

Joshua Oreman wrote on 1/30/10 4:00 AM:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Jarrod Johnson
>> I apologize if the patches turn out unclean, they are provided as I use them
>> and I don't look closely to see if it applied cleanly or fuzzy (shouldn't
>> hit rejects though).  If there is an issue, let me know.  I apply other
>> patches (iBFT on PXE, 'hdboot' command to call int13), but those are
>> features and I've submitted those ideas (available via etherboot-discuss
>> somewhere if someone wants them) and potentially better designs than mine
>> were suggested.  I don't know if any were implemented though.
>
> Unfortunately, there's a chance we might have just lost the patches;
> until recently we didn't have a very good issue-tracking system. If
> you could resubmit, that'd be very helpful.

I found Jarrod's kind patch email from last year here:

     http://markmail.org/message/n2ho2sl3ntladeow

Hopefully with our new issue tracking system:

     http://support.etherboot.org/

We'll be more likely to keep track of useful patches such as yours.

Jarrod, would you register on our support site and open a ticket with 
either the email link above or paste the contents of the email?

This way we'll not only get the issues in the tracker, but you'll get 
email from the tracker when someone makes comments, has questions, or 
applies your patches.

> I'm not sure whether these patches can make it into 1.0, since we're
> planning on releasing in pretty short order if no more bugs come up,
> but we appreciate your contribution and will put them in the queue for
> discussion and likely inclusion in a future version.

Maybe not in 1.0.0, since they are low-level enough that I'd like to get 
some more testing and verification before we put them in a general 
release, but perhaps 1.0.x (where x is small).

Jarrod, we also have a gpxe-devel list you (and others) may be 
interested in joining.  We get super-extra-geeky there :)

    http://etherboot.org/wiki/mailinglists

> Thank you!
> -- Josh

Yes, many thanks for your patches and interest!

/ Marty /