[ipxe-devel] Need Help - Broadcom 440x

[Brian Rak]

I can't say I've ever tried to do anything with that card, but have you 
checked for BIOS updates and such?  I've seen BIOS updates fix PXE 
issues in the past.

On 10/12/2013 7:33 PM, Dyweni - iPXE-Devel wrote:
> Yes, and that produces mixed results:
>
> 1. When I try iPXE by booting to a CD... this is when the error 
> happens... and then the machine is completely frozen (ctrl-alt-del 
> does not work).
>    - This uses the ipxe.krn file, extracted from the ISO created by 
> the iPXE Makefile.
>
> 2. When I try iPXE by PXE booting of the network card and then chain 
> loading iPXE... the error does not happen.
>    - This uses the undionly.kpxe file, created by the iPXE Makefile.
>
>
> This error occurs with the following GIT commits:
> - 936134ed460618e18cc05d677a442d43d5e739a1 (roughly 6/24/2013)
> - 7405685df2bea9a457970d8b5a63ede08fcda6f7 (roughly 9/25/2013)
>
>
> In case #1 above, I get the following when running 'ifstat' from the 
> shell:
> net0: 00:1a:a0:07:3d:98 using BCM4401-B0 on PCI02:09.0 (closed)
>   [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
>
> In case #2 above, I get the following when running 'ifstat' from the 
> shell:
> net0: 00:1a:a0:07:3d:98 using undionly on UNDI-PCI02:09.0 (closed)
>   [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]
>
>
>
> On 2013-10-12 18:07, Brian Rak wrote:
>> Did you try both the undionly and ipxe.pxe versions?
>>
>> On 10/12/2013 6:56 PM, Dyweni - iPXE-Devel wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> I have a Dell Optiplex 320 with a Broadcom 440x Integrated Network 
>>> Controller.  When I boot iPXE, I receive the following errors:
>>>
>>> Could not open net0: Operation not supported
>>> Could not configure net0: Operation not supported
>>> <last 2 lines repeat three times total>
>>>
>>> This is in response to the 'dhcp' command, the first command in the 
>>> embedded script.
>>>
>>> Would you help be troubleshoot this please?
>>>
>>
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