[ipxe-devel] problem realtek RTL8168/8111 PCIe GBE Family controller

Arkoth arkoth.stockage at gmail.com
Thu Oct 23 12:11:43 UTC 2014


I use VMware® Workstation 9.0.0 build-812388 with Windows 7 64bits Pro: no
problem, it's fast... and it works

My problem:
On the same PC, whithout moving/network cabling... the motherboard (MSI
MS-7681 P67A-GD55) is configured to boot on network
=> it use "Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 083)"
then with the dhcp it get my filename ipxe.kkpxe (tftp) and the log is :
http://pastebin.com/ptxRjyS7
"it sounds physical" : my network work without problem, just iPXE don't go
fast (10Mbps instead of 1000Mbps)
"it's in how iPXE may treat the NIC differently than your real OS", I think
like you, if I can give you more information, tell me

example: to download the winpe3.iso (140mo) it take 2mn and 39seconds

Thank you for your help

2014-10-23 12:19 GMT+02:00 Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com>:

> On Oct 23, 2014 4:15 AM, "Arkoth" <arkoth.stockage at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I build iPXE with DEBUG:realtek
> >>>
> >>> make EMBED=boot.ipxe DEBUG=realtek bin/ipxe.kkpxe
> >
> >
> > This is what I see on my screen on iPXE :
> > http://pastebin.com/ptxRjyS7
> >
> > we see that on the beginning it is link at 1000Mbps and on the end it is
> link at 10Mbps
>
> In my opinion, it sounds physical or it's in how iPXE may treat the NIC
> differently than your real OS.
>
> VMware is a company that makes many products.  Is your other test with
> VMware Player, Workstation or ESXi?  Is this other test using this same PC
> without moving the PC or network cabling?
>
> --Gene
>
> > and I don't understand "REALTEK 0xc9b5c appears to be an RTL8169" ... my
> controller is a realtek RTL8168/8111 PCIe GBE Family controller
> >
> > Can you help me please ?
> >
> >
> >
> > 2014-10-21 21:27 GMT+02:00 Arkoth <arkoth.stockage at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> Ok, I understand your answer...
> >>
> >> But I try to know why my system is so slow ...
> >>
> >> If I use vmware to boot ipxe... my winpe / wimboot can boot in few
> seconds...
> >> But if I use it on my motherboard direcly with my realtek RTL8168/8111
> PCIe GBE Family controller ... it boot in 7-8 minutes...
> >>
> >> my script:
> >>>
> >>>   kernel wimboot
> >>>   initrd livecd/winpe3/BOOT/BCD                       BCD
> >>>   initrd livecd/winpe3/BOOT/BOOT.SDI                  BOOT.SDI
> >>>   initrd -n boot.wim ${boot-url}/PXE/livecd/winpe3/SOURCES/BOOT.WIM
> BOOT.WIM
> >>>   boot
> >>
> >>
> >> I can see "http://192.168.1.20/PXE/livecd/winpe3/SOURCES/BOOT.WIM"
> downloading... in 7-8 minutes
> >>
> >> => BOOT.WIM : 140Mo
> >>
> >> Can you help me please ?
> >>
> >>
> >> 2014-10-20 16:35 GMT+02:00 Michael Brown <mcb30 at ipxe.org>:
> >>>
> >>> On 19/10/14 17:11, Arkoth wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> And I have a problem with my realtek RTL8168/8111 PCIe GBE Family
> >>>> controller / Motherboard MSI MS-7681 P67A-GD55:
> >>>> http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/411671IMG20141019154605.jpg
> >>>>
> >>>> RXE: 5 x "Operation not supported ( http://ipxe.org/3c086003 )"
> >>>>
> >>>> Possible sources This error originated from one of the following
> >>>> locations within the iPXE source code: net/netdevice.c (line 965)
> >>>> net/netdevice.c (line 1131)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Look slightly further down that page, where it says:
> >>>
> >>>   "This error indicates that a packet was received for an unsupported
> >>>    network-layer protocol. This error is generally harmless. For
> example,
> >>>    received IPv6 packets may trigger this error, if your build of iPXE
> is
> >>>    compiled without IPv6 support."
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> >
>
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