** Description changed: Binary package hint: etherboot This affects package kvm-pxe (5.4.4-1ubuntu1) in lucid and is already mentioned in Bug #570870. Trying a KVM PXE boot with model=e1000 results in the following error message: Searching for server (DHCP)....No IP address The message is repeated infinitely. Using a different nic model, an IP address is obtained, and booting works. - The Debian unstable ROM (e1000-82540em.rom) in etherboot-qemu_5.4.4-6_all.deb works. And the fix is decribed + The Debian unstable ROM (e1000-82540em.rom) in etherboot-qemu_5.4.4-6_all.deb works. And the fix is decribed in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507391 + + SRU Information: + + Impact: users cannot pxe-boot KVM VMs. + Fix: The bug was addressed by including a patch from Fedora, which + marks a struct as 'volatile'. The fix can be seen in + https://code.launchpad.net/~serge-hallyn/ubuntu/maverick/etherboot/e1000fix + Test Case: Set up a KVM vm, and try to pxe-boot. + Regression Potential: This minimal patch is included in the maverick + source as well as fedora's, and appears unlikely to have any + other effects, solar spots notwithstanding.
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