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 <del>From the end-user perspective, both an iPXE UEFI driver and an EDK2-based driver currently offer the same functionality.</del>
-**//Since this vision statement was written, the iPXE UEFI vision has mostly been implemented and the struck-through text above is no longer applicable.  An iPXE UEFI driver now provides a user experience which is almost as full-featured as the user experience provided by a iPXE BIOS driver.//**
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+//Since this vision statement was written, the iPXE UEFI vision has mostly been implemented and the limitations described above are no longer applicable.  An iPXE UEFI driver now provides a user experience which is almost as full-featured as the user experience provided by an iPXE BIOS driver.//
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   * An iPXE UEFI option ROM will work with users' existing iPXE scripts and boot infrastructure (web servers, script generators, certificate authorities, etc).  A legacy EDK2 option ROM will require users to abandon their existing investment and create a new boot infrastructure.
-  * An iPXE UEFI option ROM will provide the advanced error reporting capabilities of iPXE.  A legacy EDK2 option ROM will be limited to the standard UEFI error reporting capabilities.  For example, an iPXE error message might read "''Could not configure net0: Timed out ([[:err:4c106035|http://ipxe.org/4c106035]])''", giving a URL containing problem-specific troubleshooting tips and contact details, while a standard UEFI error message might simply read "''Timed out''".
+  * An iPXE UEFI option ROM will provide the advanced error reporting capabilities of iPXE.  A legacy EDK2 option ROM will be limited to the standard UEFI error reporting capabilities.  For example, an iPXE error message might read "''Could not configure net0: Timed out ([[:err:4c1060|http://ipxe.org/4c106035]])''", giving a URL containing problem-specific troubleshooting tips and contact details, while a standard UEFI error message might simply read "''Timed out''".
   * An iPXE UEFI option ROM will provide the advanced features of iPXE regardless of the limitations of the underlying firmware.  A legacy EDK2 option ROM will be limited to supporting only those features implemented by the platform OEM.  For example, if the platform OEM chooses not to support iSCSI then a legacy EDK2 option ROM will not be able to perform an iSCSI boot.  Since iPXE includes its own iSCSI initiator, it will not suffer from this limitation.