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RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix etherboot option ROM loading

To: "Keir Fraser" <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Gianni Tedesco (3P)" <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix etherboot option ROM loading
From: "James Harper" <james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:33:03 +1000
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix etherboot option ROM loading
> The only way we'd see other IDs is if someone passed through a real
device,
> and in that case there's no guarantee it'd be an e1000 or rtl8139
anyway. In
> which case they'd need to build their own gpxe image anyway.
> 

Wouldn't PCI passthrough map through the option ROM on the PCI adapter
though, negating the need to use gPXE? I'm don't think I've met a
network adapter in quite a few years that didn't have some form of PXE
support built in.

James

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