[ipxe-devel] ipxe CODE immigrating to MCU applications

[Michael Brown]

On 19 May 2015 04:08:18 GMT+03:00, "郭鹏" <120721080 at qq.com> wrote:
>Dear  IPXE engineers :
>
>I am working on a case needing PXE function . But we do not choose
>generation ethernet controller such as Intel ,BCM or realtek products .
>We choose 
>
>
>FPGA as the the core chip on the NIC . So  I hope to find a way to
>implement the PXE function with the MCU inside the FPGA which is build
>by softare .
>
>
>I read the documents and descriptions on your website . I found that
>the IPXE is basing on specified application and target hardware
>platform such as 
>
>
>controller IC . Could you help to give me some advice or guideline
>about how to immigrate this IPXE to standalone CPU ? Thanks very much .
>
>
>br
>
>
>Peter Guo
>From China
>
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iPXE (as with any other PXE stack) is code which executes on the host CPU (e.g. Intel/AMD), not on the NIC's embedded CPU.

The NIC provides a PCI expansion ROM BAR containing the PXE code, but it's the host CPU which executes it.

You would need to write (or pay someone else to write) an iPXE driver for your NIC. This process is very similar to writing a Linux or Windows driver for the NIC.

Hope that helps.

Michael