[syslinux] Hyper-V Gen 2 waiting for ldlinux.e64

[Clements, James]

>
> > On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 05:06:41PM -0500, Clements, James via Syslinux
> > wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2015 at 06:01:30PM +0200, Geert Stappers via Syslinux
> > wrote:
> > > > is for BIOS, not for EFI. So that suggestion can be scraped.
> > > >
> > > > Which makes
> > > >   * text which is on the screen of the netbooting (virtual) machine
> > > >   * when/why was the network capture stopped more relevant.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The screen displays the following:
> > >
> > > PXE Network Boot using IPv4
> > > ....
> > >    Station IP address is 192.168.205.50
> > >    Server IP address is 192.168.205.1
> > >    NBP filename is efi64/syslinux.efi
> > >    NBP filesize is 200096 Bytes
> > >    Downloading NBP file...
> > >    Successfully downloaded NBP file.
> > > Getting cached packet
> > > My IP is 192.168.205.50
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > James
> >
> > So nothing with "disable UseDefaultAddress"
> > No signs of any repeating / any loops  on the console of the booting VM.
> >
> > IIRC can
> >
> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Development/Debugging#Syslinux
> > _Dynamic_Debugger
> > only be used after ldlinux being loaded ...
> >
> >
>
> Nope, nothing like that. I'm not really sure how to proceed, but I notice on
> your IRC channel that you advertise a 'devel 6.04-preN' verion. Is it worth me
> trying that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James
>

Correct me if I am wrong but if I understand correctly, syslinux.efi is what drives the request for ldlinux.e64. Is there a way we can enable some debug somehow to see why the request for ldlinux.e64 includes the tsize option? Or even disable the tsize option (as it appears it may be causing the UEFI to hang)?

James

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