[syslinux] Very slow download with pxelinux > 4.07 on specific hardware

[Eric PEYREMORTE]

Le 12/03/2014 16:30, Ady a écrit :
>>>> Hello Ady,
>>>>
>>>> To sum up :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _ 4.0x works;
>>>> _ 4.10-pre22 (lwip branch) works;
>>>> _ 5.01 (elflink branch) works;
>>>> _ 5.10 and beyond (lwip merge into elflink) fails; --> pxelinux.0 very slow,
>>>> lpxelinux.0 freezes (i don't get the menu)
>>>>
>>>> I just tried with 6.03 pre 5 :
>>>> pxelinux.0 very slow
>>>> lpxelinux.0 hangs displaying pxelinux 6.03 lwip
>>> Could you try 5.10-pre1 or -pre2 from
>>> https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/5.10/ ?
>>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion. Not better with both (very slow)
>   
> Hi Eric,
>
> Could you please perform similar tests with official Syslinux
> 5.02-pre{3,2,1}?
>
>   https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Testing/5.02/
>
>   The intention is to narrow down the problematic commit(s) by
> identifying which pre-release is the last to work correctly and the
> first with a different behavior.
>
> As usual, please use the pre-built binaries from each archive, all
> from the same respective version as each pxelinux.0 to be tested,
> including ldlinux.c32, lib*.c32 and any additional c32 module.
>
> TIA,
> Ady.
Hi Ady,

5.02-pre{1,2,3} are all working fine.
5.10-pre1 and > are all very slow (and lpxelinux, for all releases 
including it, fails)

Eric