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

Gene Cumm gene.cumm at gmail.com
Tue Sep 18 02:38:10 PDT 2012


On Sep 17, 2012 6:18 PM, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>
> On 09/17/2012 10:22 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >
> > I upgraded syslinux to benchmark the latest 4.10-pre22, but when using
pxelinux.0
> > from 4.10-pre22 I get this error:
> >
> > ..
> > Trying to load: pxelinux.cfg/01-mac-address
> >
> > netconn_write error -5
> > LWIP(lwip/src/api/api_msg.c,831,0x00107b79): blocking connect in
progress
> > Boot failed: prss a key to retry, or wait for reset...
> >
> >
> > Using pxelinux.0 from syslinux 4.10-pre20 works OK with the same
config/setup.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
>
> Hi Gene,
>
> I suspect this is related to the lwip update... any chance you might be
> able to look at it?

Yes.

--Gene



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