[syslinux] UEFI: Failed to load ldlinux.e64/ldlinux.e32

[Gene Cumm]

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Geert Stappers <stappers at stappers.nl> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 10:27:15PM -0400, Gene Cumm via Syslinux wrote:
>> > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:07 AM, Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have a patch that I think may help your situation of syslinux.efi
>> >> being unable to load ldlinux.e64/ldlinux.e32 (though I don't know if
>> >> any of you are using an EFI ia32 platform).
>> >>
>> >> The basics are that we try to enable UseDefaultAddress as it helps
>> >> certain clients with routing and works on numerous other clients.  If
>> >> we timeout on receiving a packet and have never received any packets,
>> >> disable UseDefaultAddress and set the addresses manually.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> git://github.com/geneC/syslinux.git
>> >> https://github.com/geneC/syslinux.git
>> >>
>> >> Branch 1efipxe
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> My test x86-64 binaries:
>> >>
>> >> https://sites.google.com/site/genecsyslinux/sl604p0g17-x64.tgz?attredirects=0&d=1
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Derrick M <derrick.martinez at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > This works! Fixes my issue I have been having with the DL160s
>>
>> Further testing, preferably of the above binaries, on machines that
>> previously had issues loading ldlinux.e64/ldlinux.e32 would be greatly
>> appreciated as I know you've observed this issue and this seems like
>> we might have a final resolution.
>
> Please tell in your feedback
> if you did get a message about disabling UseDefaultAddress on the screen.

And please try HTTP transfers too (especially DHCP option 210 set to
an HTTP URL).  I have a feeling I need to implement some of the same
logic into TCP too.  Reporting what you see on the screen will be
helpful (ie "Failed to connect: %d" where %d is a number).

> Genec: Respect! Respect!
> Yes twice kudos. One for the technical skills and one for the
> effort of finding the e-mail address of people effect by the issue.

Fortunately it didn't take much effort.

> I would have just address the mailinglist, the Syslinux community as a whole.
> But hey, the personal approach might be good for our project, Syslinux.

Then comes the questions of if a given user is currently subscribed.

-- 
-Gene