From f079865606ba846d53b99e60a63d1ebeb22ea08a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marty Connor Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 03:55:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Start a new release notes file (RELNOTES) in preparation for release --- RELNOTES | 46 +++++----------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) diff --git a/RELNOTES b/RELNOTES index ffd01450d..d7cd96226 100644 --- a/RELNOTES +++ b/RELNOTES @@ -1,43 +1,7 @@ -Etherboot 5.4.0 +gPXE 0.5.1 -PXE is now supported. You will also need to configure your server to -provide a pxelinux.0 loader file, kernel and initrd images, and a -pxelinux.cfg directory with a appropriate configuration spec files. +gPXE is an implementation of the PXE specification with extensions to +allow additional features such as booting via HTTP, iSCSI, and AoE. +In generally, it is compatible with the PXE specification, and also +supports Etherboot .nbi file loading. -See the PXELINUX home page at: - - http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php - -for more information. - -There is no longer a default target for make. You must specify an -argument to make. Help text is now provided to indicate possible make -targets. - -It should be possible to compile Etherboot with gcc >= 3.3.3, including -gcc 3.4.x now that a couple of bugs have been tracked down. Please mail -reports of success or failure to the etherboot-users list, together with -the versions of gcc and binutils used. - -gcc 2.x is not supported anymore. You need at least gcc 3.x to compile -etherboot due to C99 constructs. - -Removed etherboot(-pci)?.* rule because there are too many drivers and -the image will no longer fit in memory. I don't want to choose a subset -of drivers as everybody will have different preferences. So I'm going to -piss off everybody equally by deleting the rule. Use the multiple driver -rule (driver1--driver2--...) and select your own subset of drivers. - -In order to create .iso and .liso images you will need to have the -packages mtools-3.9.9 or later, and syslinux-2.08 or later installed on -your system. These packages are available in various locations and -formats. .liso images are like .iso but use floppy emulation. If you -have a very old BIOS and .liso images don't work you may wish to try -adding the -s option of syslinux as a last resort. - -EMERGENCYDISKBOOT has been renamed EXIT_IF_NO_OFFER, which describes it -better. - -Menuing using DHCP options (mknbi/menu.c) has been removed. - -.exe format can be generated by doesn't work so not publicised.