That's a good suggestion Stephen. We don't want configuration issues to get in the way of people leveraging the edk2 UEFI networking capabilities.
I'll look into seeing what we can publish in this space. Vincent -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Polkowski [mailto:step...@centtech.com] Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2013 5:15 PM To: Toto Lebolo Cc: edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [edk2] ifconfig: Locate protocol error 'Ip4Config protocol' I had the very same problem. I wasted about 2 months on and off trying to figure this out. To the EDK2 guys: A general "how to do networking" on a shipping system would be nice for all us newbies. Just my 2 cents. Stephen Toto Lebolo wrote: > Stephen, > You are the man! > Once enabled, ifconfig is all what I need. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > *From:* Stephen Polkowski <step...@centtech.com> > *To:* Toto Lebolo <toto_leb...@yahoo.com> > *Cc:* "edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" > <edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > *Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2013 1:34 PM > *Subject:* Re: [edk2] ifconfig: Locate protocol error 'Ip4Config protocol' > > Typically, you need to enable the UEFI network stack in the system > BIOS first. Uefi networking isn't enabled by default. The setting is > usually hidden away in some obscure menu. Good luck finding it. > > Stephen > > Toto Lebolo wrote: > > I am trying to get the network stack up with the shell. I am with > the x64 model running on Intel Romley platform. > > I am getting this error with ifconfig: Locate protocol error > 'Ip4Config protocol' > > > > Here the few lines I run: > > > > load DRIVERS\E5309X3.EFI > > cd EFI\TOOLS > > load tcpipv4.efi > > ifconfig lo0 inet 127.0.0.1 > > load dhclient.efi > > > > > > Anybody can help? > > MiKL~ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > > This SF.net <http://sf.net/> email is sponsored by Windows: > > > > Build for Windows Store. > > > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > edk2-devel mailing list > > edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel > > > -- Stephen Polkowski > Centaur Technology > Austin, TX > (512) 418-5730 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/edk2-devel
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