From berenscott at gmail.com Sun Aug 16 01:43:10 2020 From: berenscott at gmail.com (Beren Scott) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2020 18:43:10 +1000 Subject: [hdt] How about API calls? Message-ID: This project has interested me for a very long time, and for a number of reasons. My current use requirement causes me to create my own linux image using buildroot, and then use a json syntax Curl to my couchdb api. What am I trying to do? Well, in the testing of equipment in an ITAD setting, what happens is, we collect recycled equipment, and we want to put each item on a desk and network boot it. We run with an automated setup, where each network booted machine loads up and uploads to the database server it's hardware information. The reason this project interests me, is that, let's be honest, booting up a linux kernel for each item takes time. But, the biggest issue I face with this is compatibility, no matter how I edit the linux kernel, I cannot make this work for every ethernet device. There are multiple conflicting drivers, and the need to constantly update the project with new kernels and new drivers. Then we have another issue, of different cpu types and legacy vs UEFI, which is a big problem. Okay, so, let's say I have a way to do all of this in a c32 file? Well, then you have something big. If I can have something which runs instantly such as this, and uses some form of API calls back to the server. I understand that this project has been kind of dead for awhile right? Well, maybe it just needs a modern day update? I'd like to take a good look at what is possible. Beren -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: