ASIX USB to Ethernet

[robinsmidsrod]

jwillis84: iPXE has an UNDI driver, and is able to take advantage of an existing PXE firmware when loaded via it (that is what undionly.kpxe does). iPXE also provide its native drivers as an UNDI interface when booting via USB/CD/ROM. So you can have iPXE on both sides of the equation. What undionly.kpxe does it uses the generic networking interface that the firmware provides and use it as a "virtual" network device.

Sometimes this doesn't work quite right, because the underlying firmware has bugs. The UNDI driver in iPXE does a lot of crazy stuff to try to work around various firmware bugs, but sometimes it's just not possible to make it work. In that case you'll either need to use a native iPXE driver or get a firmware update for your PXE-enabled NIC.

When a USB NIC comes with PXE support in it, iPXE should be able to run via undionly.kpxe. But that all depends on the quality of the PXE firmware on the USB NIC. That is why I'm looking closely at your project, as it might help us to finally get basic support for USB NICs, just as we have basic support for WiFi NICs (although we only support Atheros and Realtek).

Keep up the good work! I hope someone will have time to review your code soon. Maybe you should ask Mareo again. I recall him saying he would have time in a couple of weeks, but that's a while ago now, so maybe he's got some spare time on his hands.