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

[Arkoth]

Hello,

What can I do to fix my problem ?
Can I force 1000Mbps ?
Can I change the NIC ? or which compatible card can I buy ?



2014-10-23 14:11 GMT+02:00 Arkoth <arkoth.stockage at gmail.com>:

> 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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