[ipxe-devel] IPXE Rom Problems

[Christian Nilsson]

Hi,
Please keep relevant conversation on list, thanks.

Sounds likely they are all Realtek, and as already mentioned they have issues.
iPXE already has drivers for these otherwise it wouldn't work at all
when booting iPXE from USB as you are.
Getting this fixed is hard to say the least ... to do this properly
someone would need to have every revision of the relevant chip family
and spend quite a few hours on debugging this thing.

As already stated Intel nics are far more reliable.

/Christian

On 16 May 2018 at 16:13, Carlos Alberto Rocha Borges
<navegador_de_aquario at msn.com> wrote:
> Hi Christian, are ok?, i have made tests building the rom ipxe.usb and
> making copy with dd, but my problem with slow boot on windows via iscsi
> persists with some models with realtek NIC and others based rtl chipset, in
> case the d-link dge580 if i remember  correctly the model, its is based rtl
> chipset, exists possibility for add source code drivers of realtek NIC in
> source code iPXE to fix this bug my RTL NiC cards on build rom procedure?
>
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> Thanks
>
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> Enviado do meu telefone Windows 10
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> De: Carlos Alberto Rocha Borges
> Enviado:segunda-feira, 14 de maio de 2018 20:50
> Para: Christian Nilsson
> Assunto: RES: [ipxe-devel] IPXE Rom Problems
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> Thanks for reply Christian, i will go to test an conpile ipxe.usb for tests
> (i dont have tried this), in case i forgot mentionate, in motherboard with
> intel NIC, the rom iPXE Works fine in some mainboards with i have make a
> test in my work (all intel NICs onboard works fine, exellent performance),
> only i have scared order intel NIC PCI32 because chance of mal function on
> boot iSCSI (high cost of NIC for tests same costs i have with Broadcom NICs
> with fails on tests), after my test i will reply positive or negative
> results.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Att.
> Carlos Alberto.
>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: Christian Nilsson <nikize at gmail.com>
> Enviada em: segunda-feira, 14 de maio de 2018 16:03
> Para: Carlos Alberto Rocha Borges <navegador_de_aquario at msn.com>
> Cc: ipxe-devel at lists.ipxe.org
> Assunto: Re: [ipxe-devel] IPXE Rom Problems
>
> On 13 May 2018 at 18:06, Carlos Alberto Rocha Borges
> <navegador_de_aquario at msn.com> wrote:
>> Hi, my name is Carlos Alberto, sorry my bad english, i has work to
>> previous GPXE rom, but the online page to build is end, i have
>> searched for other same solution and i found this webpage IPXE.org
>>
>> But here started my problems.
>>
>> RTL PCI 32 card boot very slow
>> I have order 2 NIC Broadcom tigon BCM5704CK, but same freeze my PC or
>> don’t recognize  (no net0,1 detected) I have order 2 NIC D-LINK
>> DGE-528T, the problem is same realtek cards PCI 32, the boot is very
>> slow I have tested on RTL onboard gigabit of others mainboards, some
>> boots quickly others display same problem RTL PCI 32 The last, i have
>> order NIC Adapter TP-Link PCI-Express chipset Realtek, the boot are
>> very fast.
>>
>>
>> My question is, what NICs Models and manufacture is recomended to use
>> rom iPXE or what hotfix to use any NIC Cards based na previous GPXE?
>>
>>
>> Again, sorry my bad english i from brazil.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> As I understood if from IRC you where not using a ROM at all, but rather
> created the ISO and then copied that to a USB device just so this does not
> confuse anyone.
> The best is to use the ipxe.usb build target instead and use dd to copy that
> image to a USB flash drive.
>
> Most NIC works just fine, there is a list of supported devices at
> http://ipxe.org/appnote/hardware_drivers
> However not every part of iPXE have been tested with all devices.
> Another issue is that for example Realtek chipsets have multiple revisions,
> even if they are supposed to work the same they do not.
>
> Intel gigabit nics are usually a safe bet otherwise.
>
> /Christian
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