[syslinux] Syslinux 4.04 gpxelinux.0 http performance problem with VMware VMs

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 09/16/2012 09:56 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
>>
>> gPXE is extremely sensitive to packet reordering.  I think iPXE
>> might be better.  pxelinux-lwip (i.e. pxelinux.0 from
>> syslinux-4.10-pre*) should be even better than that.
>>
>> Would you might trying those out?
>
> Sorry, the subject is a bit misleading.
> I already earlier switched to pxelinux.0 from syslinux-4.10-pre20.
>
> I probably should try the latest 4.10-pre though.
>

So how dgoes the "native" pxelinux.0 http compare to gpxelinux.0 in your 
environment?

The thing is, if the problem is that the VMware PXE stack drops packets 
there isn't much we can do about it.

	-hpa


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