Etherboot NIC Database created

[Georg Baum <Georg.Baum@post.rwth-aachen.de>]

Hi,

the Etherboot Network Interface Card Database is now up and running at
http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/db/

It provides technical information about NICs and users experiences in
order to help users to decide which NIC to buy or to solve problems with
a particular NIC. The reason to set up this database was that it was
sometimes difficult to get all the information which is needed to make
booting off a bootrom work. 

To make a start, I loaded the database with some data which was from the
etherboot source code and from the cards I have. The rest has to be
entered by users. I provided a form at
http://etherboot.sourceforge.net/db/change.php?table=nic&new=1
There is also the possibility to use an existing card as a template, if
the new one is rather similar (You will find a link at the bottom of
every cards page to do that). You can also change the entry for a NIC,
if something is wrong. To avoid double entries and to prevent that
somebody deletes everything just for fun, the changes you make dont go
immediately in the database. Instead, they must be confirmed by a member
of the etherboot team.

Please have a look at the database, enter additional information if you
can, and tell your experiences with the "vote"-Link which accompanies
every card. Dont hesitate to tell me if you think something could be
made better or if something does not work.

Thanks,

Georg
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