[syslinux] addendum to syslinux/ tftp-hpa docs

[Cagle, John]

Peter,

Is the problem that a PXE client, running on Ethernet, should not assume
that the MTU is at least 1500?  Do you think that it probably doesn't
support IP segment reassembly?

Thanks,
John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: H. Peter Anvin [mailto:hpa at zytor.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 4:46 PM
> To: James S. Martin
> Cc: syslinux at zytor.com
> Subject: Re: [syslinux] addendum to syslinux/ tftp-hpa docs
> 
> 
> James S. Martin wrote:
> 
> > After a few days of troubleshooting, we finally determined 
> why we were
> > having problems.  It seems as though the tftp-hpa daemon 
> requires the
> > MTU of the interface it's running on to be >= 1500.  We had 
> the MTU set
> > at 1400 (don't ask why) and the PXE client was receiving fragmented
> > packets and failing.  As soon as we set it to over 1500, it 
> worked fine.
> > 
> > hpa,
> > 
> > Could you please update your syslinux/pxelinux and/or 
> tftp-hpa docs so
> > they reflect this requirement?
> > 
> 
> 
> Hmm... the problem is that what you're seeing isn't the 
> tftp-hpa daemon
> doing anything wrong, what you're seeing is a bug in your PXE 
> stack.  I'll
> add it to the "broken hardware info" page.
> 
> 	-hpa