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If the ProxyDHCPOFFER already includes PXE options (i.e. option 60 is set to "PXEClient" and option 43 is present) then assume that the ProxyDHCPREQUEST can be sent to port 67, rather than port 4011. This is a reasonable assumption, since in that case the ProxyDHCP server has already demonstrated by responding to the DHCPDISCOVER that it is listening on port 67. (If the ProxyDHCP server were not listening on port 67, then the standard DHCP server would have been configured to respond with option 60 set to "PXEClient" but no option 43 present.) The PXE specification is ambiguous on this point; the specified behaviour covers only the cases in which option 43 is *not* present in the ProxyDHCPOFFER. In these cases, we will continue to send the ProxyDHCPREQUEST to port 4011. This change is required in order to allow us to interoperate with dnsmasq, which listens only on port 67. (dnsmasq relies on unspecified behaviour of the Intel PXE stack, which it seems will retain the ProxyDHCPOFFER as an options source and never issue a ProxyDHCPREQUEST, thereby enabling dnsmasq to omit listening on port 4011.)
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.