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

To: Gianni Tedesco <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Fix etherboot option ROM loading
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:44:44 +0100
Cc: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 28/06/2010 19:07, "Gianni Tedesco" <gianni.tedesco@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The option ROM included in the source tree is built with the default PCI
> vendor and device ID's for the gPXE e1000 driver. Unfortunately these
> don't correspond to the ID's of the installed NIC.

What is "the installed NIC" in this case? We're not fixing for one type of
e1000 but in turn breaking for another that we might care about, are we?

 -- Keir



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