[syslinux] EFI: PXE: "My IP is 0.0.0.0"

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Sat Jul 11 18:35:20 PDT 2015


On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:00 AM, Patrick Masotta <masottaus at yahoo.com> wrote:

>>>>
> Oh how fun.  UEFI Specifications version 2.0 states "An
> EFI_PXE_BASE_CODE_PROTOCOL will be layered on top of an
> EFI_SIMPLE_NETWORK_PROTOCOL protocol in order to perform packet level
> transactions." while version 2.1 states "An EFI_PXE_BASE_CODE_PROTOCOL
> will be layered on top of an EFI_MANAGED_NETWORK_PROTOCOL protocol in
> order to perform packet level transactions."
>>>>
>
> Could this be the reason why in the past Pxebc and the SBs where attached to different handles?? mmhhh
> I have to admit; UEFI development is a bit messy...

I'd suspect possibly.  I also have yet to see evidence your HP
EliteBook 2560p is not UEFI-2.0 compliant.  It's safe to assume the
2560p and 2570p are not 2.1 compliant as the Pxebc appears backed by a
Net not an MNPSb.

-- 
-Gene


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