[syslinux] PXELINUX gets stuck when receiving non-PXE traffic

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jun 7 22:10:30 PDT 2019


On 6/6/19 8:16 AM, Ady Ady via Syslinux wrote:
> 
>> the PXELINUX log line is
>> printed (PXELINUX 6.04 lwIP 6.04-pre3 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter
>> Anvin et al),
> 
> (snip)
> 
> FWIW, the official binaries from 6.04-pre2 and 6.04-pre3 are not good 
> for troubleshooting.
> 
> Is the same behavior present when testing with other versions? I would 
> suggest trying 6.04-pre1, and/or the binaries from Debian Sid / 
> Unstable (which are more up-to-date than official upstream 6.04-pre1). 
> Please note that you need to replace _all_ binaries (e.g. *.c32), not 
> just lpxelinux.0, from the same exact build/version/package.
> 

Indeed; it would also be a good idea to test both pxelinux.0 and lpxelinux.0.
They access the PXE stack in very different ways, so it is a good idea to
check both.

	-hpa



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