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

To: "Gianni Tedesco (3P)" <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix etherboot option ROM loading
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:24:07 +0100
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On 29/06/2010 13:01, "Gianni Tedesco (3P)" <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Ideally we want 1 ROM with support for both chipsets and therefore all
> known variants of those chipsets. That would allow for HVM's with card
> of multiple types. But not figured out how to get gPXE to play like that
> yet.

One issue here is that a 'mega ROM' may not fit in the option ROM space.

 -- Keir



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