Re: Prism2 driver for nbgrub PLEASE HELP

[Pavel Roskin]

Hi, Dave!

> I'm trying to "port" the prism2 driver used in Etherboot to Grub to
> enable diskless booting over prism2 based nics.  I have run into some
> problems (i.e. I can't get it to compile).

I'm probably one of those few people who did coding both for GRUB and for
Prism2 based cards.  I don't have time to help you with coding, but I
think that the idea of loading the kernel from the bootloader over the
wireless interface is extremely insecure.  I know that Prism2 is a complex
device, and the "driver" from Etherboot doesn't even have WEP support and
takes the ESSID from the access point by default!

I think it would be better if you take Linux kernel 2.5.44, add kexec
patch to it and use it as the first stage kernel.  When the new kernel
(which can be a stable 2.4.x kernel) is loaded, kexec() it.

Sorry, it may seem an offtopic in this list, but I think that people 
should use right tools rather than try to stick more and more code into 
GRUB, especially if that code in inherently insecure and will lead to more 
and more feature requests.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin