Subject: Re: port-amd64/33079: 3.0 and -current can't netboot
To: None <port-amd64-maintainer@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/14/2006 21:40:02
The following reply was made to PR port-amd64/33079; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, port-amd64-maintainer@netbsd.org,
	gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: port-amd64/33079: 3.0 and -current can't netboot
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:37:33 -0500

 On Mar 14,  8:55pm, jschauma@netmeister.org (jschauma@netmeister.org) wrote:
 -- Subject: port-amd64/33079: 3.0 and -current can't netboot
 
 | 	I have an amd64 machine that will work just dandy when running
 | 	a 2.1 kernel.  The machine is diskless and netboots, without
 | 	any problems.
 | 
 | 	A 3.0 or a -current kernel will not netboot.  They will properly
 | 	pxeboot and start loading the kernel, but when the kernel tries
 | 	to get a dhcp lease, it will time out.
 | 
 | 	The problem is described in
 | 
 | 	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-amd64/2006/02/07/0001.html
 | 	http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-amd64/2006/02/23/0003.html
 | 
 | 	Note: the problem also exists on port-i386.
 | 
 | 	The network interface in question is a bge (onboard).
 | 
 | 	Below is the dmesg of the 2.1 kernel:
 
 tcpdump?
 
 christos