[Qemu-devel] [Bug 588731] Re: PXE boot not working

[Jan Smets]

using latest git

dhcp-3.0.1-58.EL4

with configuration:

 host     xxxx  { filename "boot.pxe"; hardware ethernet
02:5A:3B:27:00:A1; fixed-address 10.201.1.161; }

#
## server config
#
server-identifier   a.b.c.d;
server-name         "some-name";
default-lease-time  600;
max-lease-time      1200;
ddns-update-style   ad-hoc;
#log-facility        local6;

allow booting;
allow bootp;


Latest GIT -> git clone http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/qemu-
kvm.git

configured with options


./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --enable-gprof --enable-debug  
--enable-linux-aio  --enable-profiler --with-kvm-trace 

Install prefix    /usr/local
BIOS directory    /usr/local/share/qemu
binary directory  /usr/local/bin
Manual directory  /usr/local/share/man
ELF interp prefix /usr/gnemul/qemu-%M
Source path       /root/qemu-test/qemu-kvm
C compiler        gcc
Host C compiler   gcc
CFLAGS            -g
QEMU_CFLAGS       -Werror -m64 -fstack-protector-all -Wold-style-definition 
-Wold-style-declaration -I. -I$(SRC_PATH) -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -D_GNU_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -W
strict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wall -Wundef -Wendif-labels 
-Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-prototypes -fno-strict-aliasing
LDFLAGS           -Wl,--warn-common -m64 -g
make              make
install           install
host CPU          x86_64
host big endian   no
target list       x86_64-softmmu
tcg debug enabled yes
Mon debug enabled yes
gprof enabled     yes
sparse enabled    no
strip binaries    no
profiler          yes
static build      no
-Werror enabled   yes
SDL support       yes
curses support    yes
curl support      yes
check support     no
mingw32 support   no
Audio drivers     oss
Extra audio cards ac97 es1370 sb16
Block whitelist
Mixer emulation   no
VNC TLS support   yes
VNC SASL support  yes
xen support       no
CPU emulation     yes
brlapi support    no
bluez  support    no
Documentation     yes
NPTL support      yes
GUEST_BASE        yes
PIE user targets  no
vde support       no
IO thread         no
Linux AIO support yes
Install blobs     yes
KVM support       yes
KVM PIT support   yes
KVM device assig. yes
KVM trace support yes
fdt support       no
preadv support    yes
fdatasync         yes
uuid support      yes
vhost-net support yes

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PXE boot not working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588731
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Status in QEMU: Incomplete

Bug description:
/root/qemu-test/qemu-kvm/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 -net 
tap,vlan=0,name=tap.0 -boot n -net 
nic,macaddr=$MAC,vlan=0,model=e1000,name=e1000.0 -chardev 
socket,id=monitor,host=0.0.0.0,port=$MONITORPORT,telnet,server,nowait -monitor 
chardev:monitor



net0: 02:5a:3b:27:00:a1 on PCI00:03.0 (open)                                    
                                                           
 [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]                                               
                                                          
 DHCP (net0 02:5a:3b:27:00:a1)................ Connection timed out 
(0x4c106035)                                                            
 No more network devices                                                        
                                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                     
No bootable device. 



After doing a system_reset ....

net0: 02:5a:3b:27:00:a1 on PCI00:03.0 (open)                                    
                                                           
 [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0]                                               
                                                          
DHCP (net0 02:5a:3b:27:00:a1).... ok                                            
                                                           
net0: 10.201.1.161/255.0.0.0 gw 10.0.0.1                                        
                                                           
Booting from filename "boot.pxe"                                                
                                                          
tftp://x.x.x./boot.pxe.. ok      


And it magaically works.

using HEAD.