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27 lines
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deprecations:
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Support for the `syslinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Syslinux_6_Changelog#Changes_in_6.04>`_
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and the often separately package `isolinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISOLINUX>`_
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and `pxelinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX>`_.
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Legacy BIOS boot loaders, is deprecated and will be removed the future.
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This is for two reasons. The first is because it is a BIOS mode bootloader,
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and the shift to UEFI booting has reduced the need for these packages.
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The second reason is a lack of maintenance, which is ultimately the same
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reason Linux distributions are discussing dropping support and packaging.
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Syslinux has not been updated since `2019 <https://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/shortlog>`_.
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Incidently, the file format it utilizes *is* supported by Power hardware,
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and that may result in the configuration template remaining in Ironic for
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the forseeable future.
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- Support for use of `pxelinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=PXELINUX>`_
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is deprecated due to the deprecation of support for Syslinux.
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- Support for virtual media booting with x86 Hardware in Legacy BIOS mode is
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deprecated due to the dependency upon
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`isolinux <https://wiki.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=ISOLINUX>`_
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for use of Legacy BIOS boot mode. ``isolinux`` is from the ``syslinux``
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package and source tree.
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- Deprecation of ``pxelinux``, as a result of the deprecation of ``syslinux``,
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does ultimately mean the default for the ``pxe`` boot_interface to carry
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defaults for the use of grub based network booting, specifically for
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operators who are unable to use iPXE.
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