[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.10-pre20 menu.32 hang in SIS900 bootrom

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 06:30:08PM +0800, Steven Shiau wrote:
> Hi, HPA:
> Thanks for the nice new features, appreciate that. Syslinux is always a
> nice program.
> For the new version, 3.10-pre20, I encountered a problem now, my client 
> machine uses sis900 chip, and it still can not run simple menu with 
> pxelinux in this version (3.10-pre20).
> It's same situation as I encountered when I used syslinux 3.07, 3.08 and 
> 3.09.
> For 3.10-pre20, I compiled in Fedora Core 1, and gcc is "gcc (GCC) 3.3.2 
> 20031022 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.2-1)".
> I configed pxelinux as simple menu, i.e. put "default menu.c32" in my 
> pxelinux.cfg/default.
> But when SIS900 client boots, it hang in
> --------------------------------
> Trying to load : pxelinux.cfg/01-00-0c-76-e2-62-2f
> Trying to load : pxelinux.cfg/C0A8A803
> ....
> ....
> Trying to load : pxelinux.cfg/default
> . <- stop here
> -------------
> As for the same pxelinux.cfg/default, it works for e100, rtl8139, pcnet32.
> I tried to use simple.c32, and it works.

Tel us which program loads and starts pxelinux.0.

I'm looking forward to an answer like:

 e100:       Intel onboard  ROM with PXE, version x.y
 rtl8139:    etherboot 5.4
 pcnet32:    .......
 sis900:     SIS motherboard with network bootrom version p.q.r.


> Is that possible I can use pxelinux simple menu in the sis900 client in 
> this coming version ? What info shall I provide so that you can make 
> this magic happen ?

Provide more information about differences between sis900 and the
working NICs.

> 
> Thanks.


Cheers
Geert Stappers