Extensible Firmware Interface Specification
E-4 12/01/02 Version 1.10
Table E-2. Referenced Specifications (continued)
Acronym Protocol/Specification
PCI
Peripheral Component Interface – http://www.pcisig.com/
- Source for PCI specifications.
Required reading for those implementing S/W or H/W UNDI on a PCI NIC or LOM.
PnP
Plug-and-Play – http://www.phoenix.com/en/support/white+papers-specs/
Source for PnP specifications.
PXE
Preboot eXecution Environment
16-bit PXE v2.1: ftp://download.intel.com/labs/manage/wfm/download/pxespec.pdf
Required reading.
RFC
Request For Comments – http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html
and
http://www.keywave.ad.jp/RFC/index.html
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
TCPv4: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0793.txt
TCPv6: ftp://ftp.ipv6.org/pub/rfc/rfc2147.txt
Required reading for those implementing the BC protocol.
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TFTP (protocol: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1350.txt
, options: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2347.txt,
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2348.txt
,andhttp://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2349.txt).
Required reading for those implementing the BC protocol.
UDP
User Datagram Protocol
UDP over IPv4: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0768.txt
UDP over IPv6: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2454.txt
Required reading for those implementing the BC protocol.
WfM
Wired for Management
http://www.intel.com/labs/manage/wfm/wfmspecs.htm
Recommended reading for those implementing the BC protocol or PXE Bootservers.