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Michael Brown
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The undionly.kpxe binary does not need the full PCI bus support. However, the overwhelming majority of UNDI devices are PCI-based and we already end up dragging in PCI configuration space support in order to be able to test for devices with broken interrupts. Dragging in the PCI configuration allows the PCI settings mechanism to also be present, which is often useful for end users. The total cost is around 200 bytes in the final binary, which is acceptable for a generally very useful feature. Users wanting to minimise the binary size can choose to explicitly disable PCI_SETTINGS via config/settings.h. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
iPXE network bootloader
iPXE is the leading open source network boot firmware. It provides a full PXE implementation enhanced with additional features such as:
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boot from a web server via HTTP or HTTPS,
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boot from an iSCSI, FCoE, or AoE SAN,
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control the boot process with a script,
You can use iPXE to replace the existing PXE ROM on your network card, or you can chainload into iPXE to obtain the features of iPXE without the hassle of reflashing.
iPXE is free, open-source software licensed under the GNU GPL (with some portions under GPL-compatible licences).
You can download the rolling release binaries (built from the latest commit), or use the most recent stable release.
For full documentation, visit the iPXE website.