RFC: UEFI support for PXE booting design review

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#1

Hello,

I've been working on UEFI PXE prototype in last couple of days and I
have changed the design of it:

http://projects.theforeman.org/projects/foreman/wiki/PXE_Booting_UEFI

I would like to here your opinions here. First PRs will appear shortly.

··· -- Later, Lukas #lzap Zapletal
#2

> Hello,
>
> I've been working on UEFI PXE prototype in last couple of days and I
> have changed the design of it:
>
> PXE Booting UEFI - Foreman
>
> I would like to here your opinions here. First PRs will appear shortly.
>

Hi Lukas,

First of all - thanks! it looks like you did your research!

one thing that was not clear to me, do you still need the conditional dhcp
filename statement? afair only isc supports this kind of syntax, which
limits us to it ? (vs infoblox, ms dhcp etc).

thanks,
Ohad

btw: it would be really nice if we had the rfc system setup to try this on
this :slight_smile:

··· On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Lukas Zapletal wrote:

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#3

Yes, yes, an update to that thread is on the list for tomorrow. You've had
me rather busy with metrics this week, boss :wink:

Greg

··· On 6 May 2016 at 01:54, Ohad Levy wrote:

btw: it would be really nice if we had the rfc system setup to try this on
this :slight_smile:

#4

> one thing that was not clear to me, do you still need the conditional dhcp
> filename statement? afair only isc supports this kind of syntax, which
> limits us to it ? (vs infoblox, ms dhcp etc).

Nope, I've changed my mind and the current design will always deploy
just single "filename" entry. The multiple choice is only needed for
unknown hosts (which usually boot default global template). Like
discovery. And it's not needed - if you don't have mixed BIOS/EFI
infrastructure, you don't need th conditional at all. But I think we can
configure it by default for ISC, since it supports it…

> btw: it would be really nice if we had the rfc system setup to try this on
> this :slight_smile:

Yeah, I poked Greg a bit, but I can't wait anymore.

I kindly ask everyone to read the document right now, I don't plan to
rewrite it for the third time.

··· -- Later, Lukas #lzap Zapletal
#5

> > btw: it would be really nice if we had the rfc system setup to try this
on
> > this :slight_smile:
>
> Yeah, I poked Greg a bit, but I can't wait anymore.

I'll happily copy it into the repo for you as the first RFC :slight_smile:

Greg

··· On 6 May 2016 at 11:35, Lukas Zapletal wrote:
#6

Done - https://github.com/theforeman/rfcs/pull/2

Lzap - feel free to grab my commit and add it to your own fork. If you're
going to, best to do so before we get started commenting on it.

Greg

··· On 6 May 2016 at 16:12, Greg Sutcliffe wrote:

I’ll happily copy it into the repo for you as the first RFC :slight_smile: