[ipxe-devel] Problem with accessing iPXE via UNDI

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 07/11/2013 06:26 PM, Michael Brown wrote:
> On 12/07/13 03:01, Jarrod Johnson wrote:
>> I don't really see the
>> pressing need to send back TCP reset when a second prior it would not be
>> able to (firmware not bothering) and a couple of seconds later it won't
>> be able to (in kernel prior to nic driver) in our usage (and half the
>> time, the full OS won't send out a TCP reset due to firewall rules, so
>> restoring the iPXE capability isn't something we are overly interested
>> in).
> 
> That's a good point.  I've pushed a change to skip sending RST for
> unrecognised connections:
> 
>   http://git.ipxe.org/ipxe.git/commitdiff/18d0818
> 
> hpa: this may end up coincidentally fixing your problem too, but if it
> does then there's still something unexplained.
> 

Yes, and ideally I'd like to find a workaround for existing ROMs.

I need to reproduce the failure on my own setup and try your debug test.

	-hpa