ks@ub.uni-mainz.de said:
> to get this to compile, an older version of dev/pci/if_fxpreg.h  has
> to be around as sys/dev/pci/if_fxp_pci.c and sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/
> netif/i82557.c diverged some... 

Hmm - so it seems I have to care about this...
(or do you have some patches ready?)

> it would be really nice to
> use PXE. I played around a little with this but gave up after seeing
> that a netbsd kernel is to large to be loaded by PXE. But something
> like the netboot thing I now use from a floppy or disk bootsector
> should be small enough...

I had a look at the spec... Well - it's at least a try
to make up a somewhat flexible network boot framework.
Why they had to bastardize the bootp protocol... who knows.

It looks possible to set a NetBSD second stage loader on top
of that - the question is whether this is worth the effort.
Are there PXE ROMs for a significant choice of network
adapters?
And I remember to have agreed to some stupid license conditions
before I could read the specs and samples. Another issue to
look at.

best regards
Matthias