[ipxe-devel] Support for newer Solarflare NICs

[Martin Habets]

Hi,

We are starting to work on iPXE support for our newer Solarflare adapters, so we can deprecate gPXE
in time. Our approach would be to support the latest series initially, and add earlier hardware
if needed.
The newer adapters would be supported using a new driver, and I have some general questions
regarding this:

1. Are there any specific coding standard to comply with? The current code uses the Linux kernel coding
   style. Is that acceptable?
2. My current thinking is to put the new driver in a directory src/drivers/net/sfc. Would that be ok?
3. Some web pages like http://ipxe.org/appnote/hardware_drivers mention a legacy_api. I would like to
   avoid using a legacy API, but do not know what it is. Can anybody explain it please?
4. Any other hints/tips/guidelines for a new driver?
5. Given the distinguished author of the etherfabric driver :) I am not keen to remove it. We think there
   are still a few Falcon users out there, but have not had any PXE issues for years.

Thanks,
Martin
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