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H. Peter Anvin

2012-Apr-26 23:02 UTC

[syslinux] Syslinux 4.10-pre20

I think I finally have nailed down the problems with TFTP on the 4.10
branch, and so I have released 4.10-pre20.

Please let me know if you have hardware on which 4.05/4.06-pre3 works,
and 4.10-pre20 does not.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

Shantanu Gadgil

2012-Apr-27 06:17 UTC

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--- On Fri, 4/27/12, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
> Subject: [syslinux] Syslinux 4.10-pre20
> To: "SYSLINUX Mailing list" <syslinux at zytor.com>
> Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 4:32 AM
> I think I finally have nailed down
> the problems with TFTP on the 4.10
> branch, and so I have released 4.10-pre20.
> 
> Please let me know if you have hardware on which
> 4.05/4.06-pre3 works,
> and 4.10-pre20 does not.
> 
> ??? -hpa
Hi,

No joy here ... doesn't work on my real HW setup.
Also doesn't work on my KVM virtualization setup.
I am using dnsmasq as the TFTP server.

1) Real hardware experiment:
The client machine; gets stuck at the following line:

--- client ---
TFTP prefix:
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253
--- client ---

--- server ---
Meanwhile on the TFTP server side I see the following messages ... continuously
...

dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253 not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253 not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253 not found
......
--- server ---

If I create a symlink named "44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253" to
the file "default", then
all I see on the client side is an extra "ok", but client is still
stuck!!!
--- client ---
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253 ok
--- client ---

... and on the server side I get continuous messages ...
--- server ---
failed sending /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253 to
XXX
failed sending /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/44454c4c-4200-1037-8038-c2c04f343253 to
XXX
...
--- server ---


2) virtualization experiment

I have a ProxMox based server with a kvm guest.
ProxMox uses the iPXE roms to provide "network booting" capabilities
to the guest VM

With 4.10-pre20, what happens is that the file request NEVER goes from 
the "mac-address-file" to "default" whereas it "just
works for 4.06-pre3

with 4.06-pre3:
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to XXX
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file
/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-8a-f6-32-68-67-41 not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XXXXXXXX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XXXXXXX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XXXXXX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XXXXX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XXXX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XXX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/XX not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/X not found
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to XXX
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/vesamenu.c32 to XXX
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default to XXX
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/syminstall.png to XXX

with 4.10-pre20
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to XXX
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-8a-f6-32-68-67-41 not found
(kvm guest reboots) :( :(
dnsmasq-dhcp[11244]: DHCPDISCOVER(eth0) 8a:f6:32:68:67:41
dnsmasq-dhcp[11244]: DHCPOFFER(eth0) XXX 8a:f6:32:68:67:41
dnsmasq-dhcp[11244]: DHCPREQUEST(eth0) XXX 8a:f6:32:68:67:41
dnsmasq-dhcp[11244]: DHCPACK(eth0) XXX 8a:f6:32:68:67:41 XXX
dnsmasq-dhcp[11244]: PXE(eth0) XXX 8a:f6:32:68:67:41 pxelinux.0
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: sent /tftpboot/pxelinux.0 to XXX
dnsmasq-tftp[11244]: file /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/01-8a-f6-32-68-67-41 not found
(kvm guest reboots) :( :(

If I create a symlink named '01-8a-f6-32-68-67-41' to 'default'
then it does load the menu and everything
works after that (unlike the real hardware setup)

Regards,
Shantanu

H. Peter Anvin

2012-Apr-27 16:07 UTC

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On 04/27/2012 02:54 AM, Shantanu Gadgil wrote:> 
> ProxMox Host (Optiplex 960)
> ==========================> OS: ProxMox 2.0 + latest updates
> 
I have never even heard of this...
> # kvm --version
> QEMU emulator version 1.0.50 (qemu-kvm-devel), Copyright (c) 2003-2008
Fabrice Bellard
> 
> I am not able to get which exact version of iPXE from the apt commandline;
though what
> I can see while booting is:
> - snip -
> iPXE v1.0.0-591-g7aee315
> iPXE 1.0.0+ -- Open Source ....
> - snip -
What is the emulated NIC on the KVM side?
> # lspci -nn
> 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM
Controller [8086:2e10] (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express
Root Port [8086:2e11] (rev 03)
> 00:03.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset
HECI Controller [8086:2e14] (rev 03)
> 00:03.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PT IDER
Controller [8086:2e16] (rev 03)
> 00:03.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Serial
KT Controller [8086:2e17] (rev 03)
> 00:19.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82567LM-3 Gigabit
Network Connection [8086:10de] (rev 02)
> 00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:3a67] (rev 02)
> 00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:3a68] (rev 02)
> 00:1a.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #6 [8086:3a69] (rev 02)
> 00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a6c] (rev 02)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) HD
Audio Controller [8086:3a6e] (rev 02)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI
Express Port 1 [8086:3a70] (rev 02)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) PCI
Express Port 2 [8086:3a72] (rev 02)
> 00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a64] (rev 02)
> 00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:3a65] (rev 02)
> 00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:3a66] (rev 02)
> 00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family)
USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:3a6a] (rev 02)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e]
(rev a2)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801JDO (ICH10DO) LPC
Interface Controller [8086:3a14] (rev 02)
> 00:1f.2 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA Controller
[RAID mode] [8086:2822] (rev 02)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801JD/DO (ICH10 Family) SMBus
Controller [8086:3a60] (rev 02)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee
ATI RV620 LE [Radeon HD 3450] [1002:95c5]
> 
> Network layout:
> ==============>                                              
+--------------+
>          +------------------------------------| Optiplex 755 |
>          |                                    +--------------+
> +-----------------+
> | 100 MBps switch |
> +-----------------+
>          |                                     +--------------+
>          +------------------------------------+| Optiplex 960 |
>                                                +--------------+
What is the *exact* printout when you boot the Optiplex 755 (I guess?)
in hardware mode?  Any way you can get a package capture?

	-hpa

Shantanu Gadgil

2012-May-01 07:40 UTC

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--- On Sun, 4/29/12, Shantanu Gadgil <shantanugadgil at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Monday, I shall try to get a photograph of the screen
> when the "physical machine Optiplex 960' is PXE booting and
> the screenshots when the VMs are booting.
Resending as single attachment ...

Regards,
Shantanu
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Shantanu Gadgil

2012-May-11 06:04 UTC

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--- On Tue, 5/1/12, Shantanu Gadgil <shantanugadgil at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Resending as single attachment ...
> 
> Regards,
> Shantanu
Hi,
Any update on this? Does the traffic dump help? Is it even correct? (I am not
familiar with using tcpdump much)

Regards,
Shantanu

Christoph Hanle

2012-May-12 20:44 UTC

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On 27.04.2012 01:02 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Please let me know if you have hardware on which 4.05/4.06-pre3 works,
> and 4.10-pre20 does not.
Hi,
I had only now time to do some tests.
Unfortunally not successfull.
Tested with 4-10-pre20 and as reference with 4-05

1. Dell E4310 with Intel 82577LM / Boot Agent GE  1.3.52.1
hangs after
UNDI code segment at 95C9 len 4F00
UNDI code segment at 8F90 len 6390
4-05 was ok

2. Dell Optiplex 760
- embedded NIC Intel 82567LM-3 / Boot Agent GE  1.3.52.1
and
- extra NIC Intel PRO/100 S / Boot Agent 3.0.03
both hang after
Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff-gg-hh
4-05 was ok

a Dell E6500 with a Broadcom NIC did the job with 4-10pre20 and 4-05

bye
Christoph

Shantanu Gadgil

2012-May-25 08:09 UTC

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Any news/updates from anyone else facing similar issues?

Regards,
Shantanu

--- On Fri, 5/11/12, Shantanu Gadgil <shantanugadgil at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Shantanu Gadgil <shantanugadgil at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] Syslinux 4.10-pre20
> To: "For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa" <syslinux at
zytor.com>
> Date: Friday, May 11, 2012, 11:34 AM
> --- On Tue, 5/1/12, Shantanu Gadgil
> <shantanugadgil at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Resending as single attachment ...
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Shantanu
> 
> Hi,
> Any update on this? Does the traffic dump help? Is it even
> correct? (I am not familiar with using tcpdump much)
> 
> Regards,
> Shantanu
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Geert Stappers

2012-May-25 10:24 UTC

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On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 01:09:50AM -0700, Shantanu Gadgil
wrote:> anyone else facing similar issues?
Yes, see http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/2012-May/017552.html
for the details. Also notice the reply below the text. 


Cheers
Geert Stappers

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