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Patrick Masotta

2015-Aug-28 06:46 UTC

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Sorry guys; I got a bit lost about Gene's request on this thread;
usually a handle dump like 

# dh > handles.txt

it's all we need to see the relationship between the 
NBP's device handle and the Service Binding handles.
Did you get handles.txt? is it available for download somewhere?
 >>> Gene, after modifying some of Patrick's code I have been able to get the
 EFI_GUID - 83F01464-99BD-45E5-B383AF6305D8E9E6
<<<

OK that GUID is EFI_UDP4_SERVICE_BINDING_PROTOCOL_GUID
then you bound the required Service Binding protocol.
Could you please show us here the modified code?
>>> Does this give you the info you need?
<<<

Depending on your code changes we could infer the
handle structure but the dump I've mentioned before
(if you didn't already uploaded somewhere) would be
nice to see.

Best,
Patrick

Ady

2015-Aug-28 07:36 UTC

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> >>>
>  Gene, after modifying some of Patrick's code I have been able to get
the
>  EFI_GUID - 83F01464-99BD-45E5-B383AF6305D8E9E6
> <<<
> 
> OK that GUID is EFI_UDP4_SERVICE_BINDING_PROTOCOL_GUID
> then you bound the required Service Binding protocol.
> Could you please show us here the modified code?
>  
FWIW, 

 
http://uefi.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-efiguid-vs-registry-guid-format.
html 


If searching for:

 83F01464-99BD-45E5-B383AF6305D8E9E6 

you might possibly need to search instead for:

 83F01464-99BD-45E5-B383-AF6305D8E9E6 

or even for:

 83f01464-99bd-45e5-b383-af6305d8e9e6 


I'm not sure if this will help in this (or in some other) context:

 "BIOS Implementation Test Suite"

 http://biosbits.org/ 

 https://github.com/biosbits/bits/blob/master/python/efi.py 

Incidentally, one of the few recent commits was:
 "efi: Add GUIDs for EFI networking protocols " 

(and some other commit, regarding compatibility with GCC 5.2; another 
FWIW)

My apologies if this happens to be noise only.

Regards,
Ady.

Patrick Masotta

2015-Aug-28 08:22 UTC

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Thanks Derrik; I got your efi-dh.txt

I've found this:

252: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
267: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(065F36E00EE,0x1)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
27C: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
291: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(065F36E00EF,0x1)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
2A6: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
2BB: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(CDCD40CA5F0,0x0)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
2D0: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
2E5: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(CDCD40CA5F4,0x0)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))

23E: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
 EfiFirmwareManagementProtocolGuid UnknownDevice UnknownDevice
NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31 UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x0)/MAC(5065F36E00EE,0x1))
 UnknownDevice

268: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
 UnknownDevice UnknownDevice NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31 UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x1)/MAC(5065F36E00EF,0x1))
 UnknownDevice

292: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess
EfiFirmwareManagementProtocolGuid AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
 EfiDriverHealthProtocolGuid UnknownDevice UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x0)/MAC(8CDCD40CA5F0,0x0))
 NetworkInterfaceIdentifier NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31 

2BC: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess
EfiFirmwareManagementProtocolGuid AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
 EfiDriverHealthProtocolGuid UnknownDevice UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x1)/MAC(8CDCD40CA5F4,0x0))
 NetworkInterfaceIdentifier NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31 


Then we have:

1) Handles 267,291,2BB,2E5 
correspond to the IPv4 PXEBaseCode protocols (one handle per NIC in your
system).
one of these handles is used every time you boot syslinux.efi as NBP.

2) Handles 252,27C,2A6,2D0
idem before but for IPv6 (ignore them)

3) Handles 23E,268,292,2BC
correspond (among other things) to the Service Binding protocols we are looking
for (UDPv4ServiceBinding)
(one handle per NIC in your system) 


The goal:
We must bind the UDPv4ServiceBinding handle that has a matching MAC with the
PXEBaseCode used for
booting syslinux.efi


The problem:
It is supposed there's always a possible MAC match between PXEBaseCode and
UDPv4ServiceBinding protocols,
but this does not happen in what I consider your faulty FW.
i.e.
if we consider 
PXEBaseCode            handle 267 -> MAC 0065F36E00EE
UDPv4ServiceBinding  handle 23E -> MAC 5065F36E00EE

You can see the MACs are "almost" identical but there's not match!
While 5065F36E00EE is a valid HP MAC, 0065F36E00EE is not.
something identical happens with the rest of handle pairs.

My code relies on a full MAC match in order to decide which UDPv4ServiceBinding
to use.
Of course in your case you'll get an error; there's never a suitable
UDPv4ServiceBinding available.
I do not know why on earth HP uses different MACs for the same hardware, they
are even changing
their MAC vendor signature!
I can only think you are running a test version of the FW where the different
MAC signatures
are probably used at the DHCP/PXE server side to know what protocol is the
client using for transfers
(just a shot in the dark guess).

Conclusion:
I think you should update your firmware. IMHO it does not make sense to mod
Syslinux code in order to
catch this issue.

Best,
Patrick

Patrick Masotta

2015-Aug-28 08:30 UTC

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>>>  If searching for:
 
 83F01464-99BD-45E5-B383AF6305D8E9E6 
 
 you might possibly need to search instead for:
  
 83F01464-99BD-45E5-B383-AF6305D8E9E6 
 
 or even for:
 
 83f01464-99bd-45e5-b383-af6305d8e9e6 
 
 <<<

Hi Ady,
Those GUIDs are just the text representation 
of a 16 byte hexadecimal number. The format/case 
in this context does not really matter.

Best,
Patrick

Gene Cumm

2015-Aug-28 09:53 UTC

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On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 4:22 AM, Patrick Masotta <masottaus at yahoo.com>
wrote:> Thanks Derrik; I got your efi-dh.txt
>
> I've found this:
>
> 252: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
> 267: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(065F36E00EE,0x1)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
> 27C: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
> 291: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(065F36E00EF,0x1)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
> 2A6: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
> 2BB: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(CDCD40CA5F0,0x0)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
> 2D0: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000))
> 2E5: SimpleNetwork PXEBaseCode LoadFile
DevicePath(CDCD40CA5F4,0x0)/IPv4(0.0.0.0))
>
> 23E: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
>  EfiFirmwareManagementProtocolGuid UnknownDevice UnknownDevice
NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31 UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x0)/MAC(5065F36E00EE,0x1))
>  UnknownDevice
>
> 268: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
>  UnknownDevice UnknownDevice NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31 UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x1)/MAC(5065F36E00EF,0x1))
>  UnknownDevice
>
> 292: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess
EfiFirmwareManagementProtocolGuid AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
>  EfiDriverHealthProtocolGuid UnknownDevice UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x0)/MAC(8CDCD40CA5F0,0x0))
>  NetworkInterfaceIdentifier NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31
>
> 2BC: MTFTPv4ServiceBinding DHCPv4ServiceBinding UDPv4ServiceBinding
UnknownDevice TCPv4ServiceBinding IPv4ServiceBinding ARPServiceBinding
UnknownDevice EfiMtftp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid IPv4Config
EfiDhcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiUdp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid
UnknownDevice EfiTcp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid EfiIp6ConfigProtocolGuid
EfiIp6ServiceBindingProtocolGuid ManagedNetworkServiceBinding
EfiVlanConfigProtocolGuid SimpleNetwork HIIConfigAccess
EfiFirmwareManagementProtocolGuid AdapterInfo(AdapterInfo)
>  EfiDriverHealthProtocolGuid UnknownDevice UnknownDevice
DevicePath(0x0,0x1)/MAC(8CDCD40CA5F4,0x0))
>  NetworkInterfaceIdentifier NetworkInterfaceIdentifier31
>
>
> Then we have:
>
> 1) Handles 267,291,2BB,2E5
> correspond to the IPv4 PXEBaseCode protocols (one handle per NIC in your
system).
> one of these handles is used every time you boot syslinux.efi as NBP.
>
> 2) Handles 252,27C,2A6,2D0
> idem before but for IPv6 (ignore them)
>
> 3) Handles 23E,268,292,2BC
> correspond (among other things) to the Service Binding protocols we are
looking for (UDPv4ServiceBinding)
> (one handle per NIC in your system)
>
>
> The goal:
> We must bind the UDPv4ServiceBinding handle that has a matching MAC with
the PXEBaseCode used for
> booting syslinux.efi
>
>
> The problem:
> It is supposed there's always a possible MAC match between PXEBaseCode
and UDPv4ServiceBinding protocols,
> but this does not happen in what I consider your faulty FW.
> i.e.
> if we consider
> PXEBaseCode            handle 267 -> MAC 0065F36E00EE
More importantly: look at the actual captured text.  It does NOT
specify a valid MAC in its entirety and leaves off the leading nibble
(11 characters, not 12).  Handle 267 shows "065F36E00EE" not
"0065F36E00EE".
> UDPv4ServiceBinding  handle 23E -> MAC 5065F36E00EE
>
> You can see the MACs are "almost" identical but there's not
match!
> While 5065F36E00EE is a valid HP MAC, 0065F36E00EE is not.
> something identical happens with the rest of handle pairs.
>
> My code relies on a full MAC match in order to decide which
UDPv4ServiceBinding to use.
> Of course in your case you'll get an error; there's never a
suitable UDPv4ServiceBinding available.
> I do not know why on earth HP uses different MACs for the same hardware,
they are even changing
> their MAC vendor signature!
It is possible that this is a visual bug but it DOES give a hint that
there may be an issue in the MAC addresses.
> I can only think you are running a test version of the FW where the
different MAC signatures
> are probably used at the DHCP/PXE server side to know what protocol is the
client using for transfers
> (just a shot in the dark guess).
>
> Conclusion:
> I think you should update your firmware. IMHO it does not make sense to mod
Syslinux code in order to
> catch this issue.
Derrick is already running the latest firmware on this machine.

-- 
-Gene

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