[ipxe-devel] NIC Drivers DEBUG=nii:3 output

Thu May 11 09:44:41 UTC 2017

Hi Michael,

You learn something every day ..... years of using HP blades and I have never tried to use the virtual serial port on the iLO !!

He is the capture from the old version when the ifopen net0 command is run :

0m[39m[49m[2JiPXE> [?25hifopen net0
[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 05:0000 ifnum 0 cpb db
[0m[31m6b5a2326 : ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2336 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00                   : ..........      
[0m[31m6b5a231a : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00             : ............    
[0m[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 could not set station address: Operation not supported (http://ipxe.org/3c6a4083)
[0m[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 09:801b ifnum 0
[0miPXE> [?25h[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 0e:0005 ifnum 0 db
[0m[31m6b5a21a8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21b8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21c8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21d8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21e8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21f8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2208 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2218 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2228 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2238 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2248 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2258 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2268 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2278 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2288 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2298 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a22a8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                         : ........        
[0m[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 11:0000 ifnum 0 cpb db
[0m[31m6b5a2148 : 00 c0 42 77 00 00 00 00-f0 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ..Bw............
[0m[31m6b5a2158 : 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2168 : 8a 6d 45 78 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : .mEx............
6b5a2178 : b6 52 c4 77 00 00 00 00-40 26 c4 77 00 00 00 00 : .R.w....@&.w....
6b5a2188 : 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-e8 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2198 : c9 a8 5a 6b 00 00 00 00-60 22 5a 6b 00 00 00 00 : ..Zk....`"Zk....
[0m[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 0e:0005 ifnum 0 db
[0m[31m6b5a21a8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21b8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21c8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21d8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21e8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a21f8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2208 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2218 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2228 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2238 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2248 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2258 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2268 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2278 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2288 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2298 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a22a8 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00                         : ........        
[0m[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 11:0000 ifnum 0 cpb db
[0m[31m6b5a2148 : 00 c0 42 77 00 00 00 00-f0 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ..Bw............
[0m[31m6b5a2158 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2168 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2178 : b6 52 c4 77 00 00 00 00-40 26 c4 77 00 00 00 00 : .R.w....@&.w....
6b5a2188 : 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00-e8 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 : ................
6b5a2198 : c1 fb 45 78 00 00 00 00-60 22 5a 6b 00 00 00 00 : ..Ex....`"Zk....
[0m[31mNII NII-0000:06:00.0 issuing 0e:0005 ifnum 0 db

And that just keeps repeating over and over indefinately.

Thanks.

Dean.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Brown" <mcb30 at ipxe.org>
To: "Dean Westhead" <dean at westhead.net>
Cc: "ipxe-devel" <ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 10 May, 2017 15:03:30
Subject: Re: [ipxe-devel] NIC Drivers DEBUG=nii:3 output

On 10/05/17 15:00, Dean Westhead wrote:
> On the old ( working ) version when I do an ifopen net0, I get a 
> continuously scrolling screen of data that doesnt stop ( and is very 
> difficult to capture ! ).
> 
> When I do the same command on the new ( non working ), version, I get this :
 >
 > <snip>

Thanks.  Unfortunately we do need the output from the older build.  You 
are using iLO, so you should be able to enable serial output (in 
config/console.h):

   #define CONSOLE_SERIAL

and then capture the serial port output via iLO.

Michael