| 00:09.59 | Brendan_ | WB... |
| 00:10.00 | Brendan_ | ~logs |
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| 00:11.02 | ScytheBlade1 | heh |
| 00:11.02 | ScytheBlade1 | Hi |
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| 00:11.06 | Brendan_ | ~logs |
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| 00:11.08 | Brendan_ | ~logs" |
| 00:11.10 | Brendan_ | :-) |
| 00:11.10 | ScytheBlade1 | Looking for something? |
| 00:11.10 | Brendan_ | Hi :-) |
| 00:11.10 | Brendan_ | Yes - I have an issue with etherboot and PXE... |
| 00:11.10 | Brendan_ | ..was wondering if anyone here knows anything about the "TFTP open" function in the PXE API |
| 00:11.12 | ScytheBlade1 | Not specifically. What's your issue? |
| 00:11.12 | Brendan_ | I'm writing boot code for an OS project - everything works correctly unless I try the "TFTP open" function - every time it locks up the computer... |
| 00:11.12 | Brendan_ | ..but other functions like "TFTP close" and "TFTP read" seem to work fine |
| 00:11.12 | Brendan_ | ...and "TFTP get file size" works correctly and reports the correct file size from the TFTP server.. |
| 00:11.13 | Brendan_ | ..which is funny considering that the comments in etherboot's source code suggest that the "TFTP get file size" function actually downloads the entire file (which I'd assume would include open, read and close) |
| 00:11.13 | Brendan_ | So I guess now I'm looking for another way to boot the clients (e.g. a floppy that supports PXE that doesn't rely on etherboot) so I can tell if it's my code stuffing things up, or if etherboot itself is broken. |
| 00:11.13 | ScytheBlade1 | pxelinux is actually written in ASM |
| 00:11.13 | ScytheBlade1 | which is what I'd guess you're writing in also |
| 00:11.14 | ScytheBlade1 | That might be a good place to compare code |
| 00:11.14 | Brendan_ | I've checked it's source code - it uses a UDP connection and contains it's own TFTP code (as far as I could tell) |
| 00:11.14 | Brendan_ | ...not quite sure I'm ready to implement the TFTP client code myself just yet - was hoping the PXE API worked... |
| 00:11.15 | ScytheBlade1 | Well, it should in theory |
| 00:11.15 | ScytheBlade1 | I can't say that I've ever done code on that level though, so I don't really have an exact answer for you, heh |
| 00:11.15 | Brendan_ | :-) |
| 00:11.51 | Brendan_ | I sent an email on the "etherboot-discuss" mailing list - they seem more interested in talking about Microsoft... |
| 00:11.51 | ScytheBlade1 | heh |
| 00:11.51 | ScytheBlade1 | That's... fun |
| 00:12.29 | ScytheBlade1 | If pxelinux impliments it's own TFTP code, it's probably for a reason.. and buggy NICs/NIC ROMs are likely the reason |
| 00:12.29 | ScytheBlade1 | They seem to be all over the place |
| 00:14.39 | Brendan_ | It just seemed so easy to begin with - "open", "read", then "close"... :-( |
| 00:15.07 | ScytheBlade1 | yeah |
| 00:15.13 | ScytheBlade1 | It's never that simple with PXE ;) |
| 00:15.57 | Brendan_ | I'm starting to wonder if PXE is a standard, or if it's something that evolved from half broken implementations... |
| 00:16.02 | ScytheBlade1 | hahaha |
| 00:16.06 | ScytheBlade1 | That's horribly well phrased |
| 00:16.58 | Brendan_ | Hmm |
| 00:20.01 | Brendan_ | OK - I might get some sleep (it's 9:45 in the morning here) and see if anyone responds on the etherboot mailing list... |
| 00:20.12 | Brendan_ | Thanks for being here :-) |
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