[ipxe-devel] Realtek 8111/8168b

[Robin Smidsrød]

On 16.04.2015 19:09, Evan Prohaska wrote:
> Good day,
> 
> We have been having issues with iPxe and a new set of Lenovo Thinkpad
> 11e. They are using the Realtek 8111/8168b NIC and will not get DHCP.
> Wireshark shows a offer but no request and realtek.kpxe DEBUG=realtek
> just shows a message identifying the nic as a 8169 and then reboots. I
> am dumbfounded at this point and I need some advice on how to get this
> working. I am on a timeline and the boss and hammering on me to get this
> fixed. Thank you very much for your time and I hope we can get this
> resolved.

This was an EEPROM read issue on certain models causing funky behavior.
The issue has been fixed on a recent commit to iPXE. Please upgrade.

I decided to post this so people having the same issue will find it
using search engines.

-- Robin