[ipxe-devel] Booting via usb-wlan-stick possible?

[rath at mglug.de]

 Hi Robin,

 thanks for the answer!

 On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:20:20 +0200, Robin Smidsrød wrote:
> On 02.08.2013 16:47, Oliver Rath wrote:
>
>> is following scenario possible:
>
> No.
>
>> - Client with usb-wlan-stick (ralink5300)
>
> Not supported. No support for USB devices in iPXE. No support for
> ralink5300 chip. In fact, I can't seem to find support for any ralink
> devices at all (using src/util/niclist.pl).

 The kerneldriver ist here: 
 linux-3.10.4/drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00usb.c
 Is seem to be a relativ new driver and isnt activated by default.

>> The problem at the moment is, that ipxe doesnt see the stick.
>
> As explained above. Not supported (yet). No ETA on when that will
> happen. No funding available, and not a lot of interest from the core
> developers (AFAIK).

 Ok. So the only way seems to be viv coreboot or