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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
Replace the deprecated etherboot pxe booting infrastructure with the more modern and currently | Replace the deprecated etherboot pxe booting infrastructure with the more modern and currently | ||
upstream supported gpxe. | upstream supported gpxe. | ||
== Owner == | == Owner == | ||
* Name: [[User:glommer| Glauber Costa ]] | * Name: [[User:glommer|Glauber Costa]] | ||
* email: glommer@redhat.com | * email: glommer@redhat.com | ||
== Current status == | == Current status == | ||
* Targeted release: [[Releases/12 | Fedora 12 ]] | * Targeted release: [[Releases/12|Fedora 12]] | ||
* Last updated: 2009-05 | * Last updated: 2009-08-05 | ||
* Percentage of completion: | * Percentage of completion: 100% | ||
== Detailed Description == | == Detailed Description == | ||
gpxe is currently the supported, more modern version of etherboot. For any etherboot bug we fix, the upstream response | gpxe is currently the supported, more modern version of etherboot. For any etherboot bug we fix, the upstream response seems to be "we currently do not support etherboot, can you use gpxe instead?" We would like to answer "yes" to that question. | ||
seems to be "we currently do not support etherboot, can you use gpxe instead?" We would like to answer "yes" to that question. | |||
Fedora 11 onwards already has an gpxe package. So the proposal here is just to: | Fedora 11 onwards already has an gpxe package. So the proposal here is just to: | ||
# make gpxe deprecate etherboot | |||
# make qemu use the newer gpxe infrastructure, instead of etherboot. | |||
== Benefit to Fedora == | == Benefit to Fedora == | ||
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* People doing network boot via pxe should make sure that every scenario should keep working. | * People doing network boot via pxe should make sure that every scenario should keep working. | ||
* Known bugs of etherboot, like local boot being borked, should start working | * Known bugs of etherboot, like local boot being borked, should start working | ||
== User Experience == | == User Experience == | ||
Users of official Fedora virtualization technology will experience faster cherry picks of upstream bug fixes, and will | Users of official Fedora virtualization technology will experience faster cherry picks of upstream bug fixes, and will be able to use a more modern pxe booting infrastructure, allowing for more interesting features to be used in virtual deployments. | ||
be able to use a more modern pxe booting infrastructure, allowing for more interesting features to be used in virtual | |||
deployments. | |||
== Dependencies == | == Dependencies == | ||
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* See [[Talk:Features/VirtgPXE]] | * See [[Talk:Features/VirtgPXE]] | ||
[[Category:FeatureAcceptedF12]] | |||
[[Category:F12_Virt_Features|VirtgPXE]] | [[Category:F12_Virt_Features|VirtgPXE]] | ||
[[Category:Virtualization|VirtgPXE]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:06, 5 August 2009
VirtgPXE
Summary
Replace the deprecated etherboot pxe booting infrastructure with the more modern and currently upstream supported gpxe.
Owner
- Name: Glauber Costa
- email: glommer@redhat.com
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 12
- Last updated: 2009-08-05
- Percentage of completion: 100%
Detailed Description
gpxe is currently the supported, more modern version of etherboot. For any etherboot bug we fix, the upstream response seems to be "we currently do not support etherboot, can you use gpxe instead?" We would like to answer "yes" to that question.
Fedora 11 onwards already has an gpxe package. So the proposal here is just to:
- make gpxe deprecate etherboot
- make qemu use the newer gpxe infrastructure, instead of etherboot.
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora will be using a more actively maintained piece of software, with a more active upstream community. It is also much more feature complete, and will allow us to use more interesting features wrt to remote booting.
How To Test
- People doing network boot via pxe should make sure that every scenario should keep working.
- Known bugs of etherboot, like local boot being borked, should start working
User Experience
Users of official Fedora virtualization technology will experience faster cherry picks of upstream bug fixes, and will be able to use a more modern pxe booting infrastructure, allowing for more interesting features to be used in virtual deployments.
Dependencies
- No additional dependencies. gpxe package already exist
Contingency Plan
- If it happens to be totally not-working, we can switch back to etherboot again.
Documentation
- Upstream wiki page: http://etherboot.org/wiki/index.php
Release Notes
- Fedora users can now take advantage of more modern network booting infrastructure