[syslinux] PXELINUX 4.10-pre17 and newer Dell OptiPlex/Latitude/Precision

[Christoph Hanle]

On 19.01.2012 23:23 Gene Cumm wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 09:57, Gene Cumm<gene.cumm at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Shantanu, let's continue here.
>>
>> You first noticed this on a Dell OptiPlex 755.  I think it covers all Dell
>> OptiPlex/Latitude/Precision models that are PCIe based with Intel LoM (LAN
>> on motherboard) utilizing the BIOS PXE OROM, based on the similarity of
>> these systems.  The symptoms are that PXELINUX requests pxelinux.cfg/<UUID>
>> by TFTP (but it might not strictly be a TFTP issue) when not on the same
>> subnet, responses are sent back but PXELINUX doesn't receive these packets.
>> PXELINUX also doesn't respond to ICMP echo (ping) or ARP requests but
>> repeatedly sends ARP requests for the gateway, as if it doesn't receive the
>> replies.  When on the same subnet, Shantanu reports that it seems to hang on
>> the request of pxelinux.cfg/default.
>>
>> I also tried 4.10-pre13 to no avail.
>>
>> This makes me think it goes deaf/ignorant for some reason.  My next tests
>> are TFTP on same subnet, HTTP on same and different subnets then a debug
>> build with the serial port.
>
> Sorry, reversed it.  OptiPlex 960 was the client, not 755.  755 seems
> to work nicely with A16, A17, A19, A20 and A21.
>
> I have it failing on an OptiPlex 760 and a few other systems.
>
Hi Gene,
have you found any news about this issue ?
and can you please send me a list of systems which cause the trouble in 
your environment.

bye
Christoph