[ipxe-devel] EFI booting

Christian Hesse list at eworm.de
Tue Apr 7 14:09:39 UTC 2015


Christian Hesse <list at eworm.de> on Wed, 2015/04/01 18:32:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> this is my first try on PXE booting with EFI... So not sure whether or not
> this is my fault. :D
> 
> My device has a network controller that identifies (via lspci) as:
> 
> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI
> Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05)
> 
> Linux loads module r8169 for this device.
> 
> Booting via PXE my DHCP server assigns an address, and send the needed
> information. The device downloads the boot file (Makefile target
> bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi) and displays this message:
> 
> iPXE initialising devices...
> 
> There is nothing more that happens. Any idea where to search for the
> culprit? Thanks a lot!

The same configuration works for another device, so probably this is a driver
issue. Let me know if I can help to nail this down.
-- 
main(a){char*c=/*    Schoene Gruesse                         */"B?IJj;MEH"
"CX:;",b;for(a/*    Chris           get my mail address:    */=0;b=c[a++];)
putchar(b-1/(/*               gcc -o sig sig.c && ./sig    */b/42*2-3)*42);}
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