On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 02:45:46PM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> >Somehow, some of those network devices can pxeboot a kernel - even  
> >though
> >we need to download a massive file in order to use the device from  
> >within
> >the kernel....
> 
> ...because they have a small firmware image in the ROM of the card for  
> that.
> 
Doesn't such card have some "legacy" working mode that would allow us to
mount root from NFS without all their capabilities, and then beening
able to use them at "full speed" once the firmware is loaded ?

 - Arnaud