On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Arnaud Adamy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just tested with the cable unplugged and no freeze. The command promt > iPXE> is displayed and I can enter new commands. > That's very good to know. Thanks > I tried to get the sources, but from this repo, git send the following > message: > Cloning into 'ipxe'... > fatal: the remote end hung up unexpectedly > > so I can’t get them. An idea about what is causing this? > Maybe a firewall that is blocking the git protocol/port? Try the http link instead: git clone http://git.ipxe.org/people/meteger/ipxe.git > Arnaud > > *From:* Thomas Miletich <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2013 1:56 PM > *To:* Arnaud Adamy <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [ipxe-devel] iPXE fail to execute dhcp on old system > > Hello Arnaud, > can you check if ifopen also freezes if the network cable is disconnected? > > I have also pushed some modifications to the 3c90x driver here: > https://git.ipxe.org/people/meteger/ipxe.git/shortlog/refs/heads/3c90x > > One of the commits has a very slim chance of fixing your issue, I wouldn't > hold my breath though. > You can get it with: > > git clone git://git.ipxe.org/people/meteger/ipxe.git > cd ipxe/src > git checkout 3c90x > > Then build iPXE as usual. > > Thomas > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Arnaud Adamy <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks. >> The card works perfectly in Windows 98 SE, in Windows 2000 and with >> Debian 7. >> In the BIOS, the plug&play option is set to off, the mainboard an ISA >> card, an AGP video card and some PCI cards too. >> The PC needs to be used today, but there is another 3C905C-TX in a box, >> I’ll try with it in another computer. And if it works, I’ll exchange the >> two cards. >> Maybe it is an IRQ or a bus problem. I’ll try to put the card in another >> PCI location and test it again the late afternoon. >> Moreover I’ve done tests again early this morning and it freeze every >> time. I cannot explain why if worked the first time.... >> I confirm the vendor is 10B7 and the device id is 9200 >> >> Arnaud >> *From:* Thomas Miletich <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 19, 2013 12:08 PM >> *To:* Arnaud Adamy <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: [ipxe-devel] iPXE fail to execute dhcp on old system >> >> I just tried to reproduce the problem, but everything worked fine >> here. I tested with a 3c905C, PCI ID 10B7:9200, the same as yours. >> >> Could you put the 3c90x card into another machine and see if iPXE freezes >> in that machine too? Does the card work in Linux or Windows or whatever OS >> you use? >> >> This should be valuable information in trying to track down the issue. >> I'll also see if I can spot anything obvious in the driver code. >> >> Thomas >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Arnaud Adamy <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> What I wanted to say is if I don’t press Ctrl+B, the message to press >>> it disappear and only the messages to the Features line remain. >>> >>> I just made the test again with the debug version I’ve build, and >>> indeed, when I use ifopen or ifopen net0, it crach with the same messages >>> as the debug for dhcp do. >>> And I retested with the live CD and it freeze too. >>> That’s strange... I’ve done hard reboot, stop and run again, but the >>> fact is, now it crash every time with ifopen. >>> >>> I have done a memtest86 with 3 passes and 64% of the fourth and no >>> errors detected. The machine is very stable and haven’t had any problem in >>> the past. >>> >>> *From:* Thomas Miletich <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:48 PM >>> *To:* Arnaud Adamy <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [ipxe-devel] iPXE fail to execute dhcp on old system >>> >>> Thanks for the log file. >>> >>> I'm quite puzzled by the output. You said you could open and close the >>> interface manually, yet the log shows that it freezes in the open function. >>> >>> It seems to freeze right when we send the receive ring buffer address to >>> the card. >>> >>> Can you get us another log, where you execute the following commands: >>> ifopen net0 >>> dhcp net0 >>> >>> Although there shouldn't be any difference, as dhcp calls open >>> internally, I'd like to know why your manual ifopen didn't freeze. >>> >>> > For test purpose I’m using the live CD (1.0.0+ (c692a)) from your web >>> site. It load SysLinux and iPXE and stop after the “Features:” sentence. >>> Just the cursor blink forever. >>> > When I enter the console with Crtl+B, I get: >>> >>> I'm not sure what you're saying here. iPXE freezes after the "Feature" >>> line, but you can press CTRL+B to get to the iPXE prompt? iPXE should try >>> to autoboot after the feature line. >>> >>> If it doesn't try to autoboot, please run memtest86+ or something >>> similar on the machine and let it do a couple of passes, just to make sure >>> we're not seeing any weird hardware issues. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Thomas >>> >> >> > >
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