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pxenv_tftp_get_fsize is an API call that PXE clients can call to obtain the size of a remote file. It is implemented by starting a TFTP transfer with pxe_tftp_open, waiting for the response and then stopping the transfer with pxe_tftp_close(). This leaves the session hanging on the TFTP server and it will try to resend the packet repeatedly (verified with tftpd-hpa) until it times out. This patch adds a method "tftpsize" that will abort the transfer after the first packet is received from the server. This will terminate the session on the server and is the same behaviour as Intel's PXE ROM exhibits. Together with a qemu patch to handle the ERROR packet (submitted to qemu's mailing list), this resolves a specific issue where booting pxegrub with qemu's TFTP server would be slow or hang. I've tested this against qemu's tftp server and against my normal boot infrastructure (tftpd-hpa). Booting pxegrub and loading extra files now produces a trace similar to Intel's PXE client and there are no spurious retransmits from tftpd any more. Signed-off-by: Thomas Horsten <thomas@horsten.com> Signed-off-by: Milan Plzik <milan.plzik@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Marty Connor <mdc@etherboot.org> |
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gPXE README File gPXE is an implementation of the PXE specification for network booting, with extensions to allow additional features such as booting via HTTP, iSCSI, and AoE. In generally, gPXE is compatible with the industry-standard PXE specification, and also supports Etherboot .nbi file loading and some additional protocols and features. For more detailed information about gPXE, please visit our project website at: http://etherboot.org/ BUILDING gPXE IMAGE FROM SOURCE If you don't want to install development tools, and have access to the Web, you can get gPXE and Etherboot ROM images made on demand from http://rom-o-matic.net/ If you would like to compile gPXE images from source, here are some tips. We normally compile gPXE images on x86, 32-bit Linux machines. It is possible to also use x86-64 machines. We use gcc compiler options to create 32-bit output. It is important to have the necessary software packages installed. A gcc-based toolchain is required. The following packages (at least) are required: - a gcc tool chain (gcc 3.x or gcc 4.x) - binutils - perl - syslinux - mtools To test your environment, cd to the "src" directory and type: make You should see a lot of output, and when it stops, the "bin" directory should be populated with gPXE images and object files. To learn more about what to build and how to use gPXE, please visit our project website at http://etherboot.org/ , particularly the "howto" section. CONTACTING US Pointers to our project mailing lists are on http://etherboot.org/ Real-time help is often available on IRC on the #etherboot channel of irc.freenode.net.