[ipxe-devel] iPXE doesn't load when using ISC Kea 1.1

[Geert Stappers]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:07:23AM +0000, Ledochowski, Roy wrote:
> From: Geert Stappers, Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 1:29 PM
> > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 09:09:10PM +0000, Ledochowski, Roy wrote:
> > > From: Geert Stappers, Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2017 12:32 PM
> > > > 
> > > > So some part of the the DHCP offer from kea is processed correctly.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I've tested it with sending the 'file' option alone and with 'file'
> > > and option 67.  Kea fails both tests in the same manner.  DHCPd 
> > > succeeds with only the 'file' option as expected.
> > > 
> > 
> > Easy said advice:
> >   Leave the partly broken path,
> >   focus on the partly working path.
> > 
> > The ARP packets, in the original post as
> >  16:15:37.410799 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 10.1.1.124 tell ickyhut, length 28
> >  16:15:37.410919 ARP, Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Reply 10.1.1.124 is-at 00:0c:29:73:f2:92 (oui Unknown), length 46
> > proof that iPXE understands something from Kea.
> >
> 
> Can you give more details please? 

No, but I can say it in other words:

The network packet capture show indeed that "DHCP" is not completly succesfull.
It doesn't help to repeat "iPXE does not understand Kea".

There is clear proof that iPXE does get some part the Kea answer.
Dive into the source code and explore what is going on inside iPXE.

Don't wait for me to fix it. Surely stop waiting, find a way, use your resources.
That includes reproducing the problem outside your VMware test environment.


Regards
Geert Stappers
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