Re: Etherboot-discuss Digest, Vol 41, Issue 10

I have never tried compiling stuff.

Could I have a gpe.usb with the proposed changes?

I will happily test and let you know how it goes.


Cheers,
M


2009/9/22 Thomas Miletich <[email protected]>

> Hi,
> Unfortunately the current forcedeth driver in gPXE is quite out dated
> and supports only about half the cards the linux driver supports. I
> have no idea if someone works on an update.
>
> If you're lucky, the current gPXE driver already supports your card,
> but doesn't know it yet. To get the driver to try using your card, you
> have to add your PCI ID.
> Open src/drivers/net/forcedeth.c and scroll to the end of the file.
> Look for the list with all the PCI_ROM(...) lines and add
>
> PCI_ROM(0x10de, 0x0ab0, "", "", 0),
>
> If your MAC address is reversed in gPXE change the line to
>
> PCI_ROM(0x10de, 0x0ab0, "", "", MAC_ADDR_CORRECT),
>
> As I said, this works only if you're lucky, but it's worth a try.
> If this doesn't work you can also chainload gPXE using the PXE stack
> that your card should already provide. See the details at
> http://etherboot.org/wiki/pxechaining
>
> Please let us know if it works when you add the new PCI_ROM line or
> tell us your image type if you need a prebuilt version(e.g. gpxe.usb,
> forcedeth.dsk)
>
> Thomas
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Michael Bonny <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, so please let me know if
> I
> > am doing the wrong thing.
> >
> > I created a bootable USB key, with all of the gPXE drivers on it, but it
> > looks like my NIC is not supported
> >
> > I have a Zotac 9300 ITX wifi board, I have booted Ubuntu 9.04 Live CD.
> > I have run the following command to find the NIC Chipset (see below)
> >
> > Is this chipset likely to supported soon? or am I just doing something
> > wrong?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > M
> >
> >
> > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Host Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
> > 00:03.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 LPC Bridge (rev b2)
> > 00:03.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
> > 00:03.2 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SMBus (rev b1)
> > 00:03.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Memory Controller (rev b1)
> > 00:03.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation Device 0a98 (rev b1)
> > 00:03.5 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Co-processor (rev b1)
> > 00:04.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
> > (rev b1)
> > 00:04.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
> > (rev b1)
> > 00:06.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
> > (rev b1)
> > 00:06.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
> > (rev b1)
> > 00:08.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP79 High Definition Audio (rev
> > b1)
> > 00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: nVidia Corporation MCP79 Ethernet (rev b1)
> > 00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP79 SATA Controller (rev b1)
> > 00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:15.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:16.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:17.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
> > 00:18.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP79 PCI Express Bridge (rev b1)
> > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 9300 /
> nForce
> > 730i (rev b1)
> > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -n -s 00:0a.0
> > 00:0a.0 0200: 10de:0ab0 (rev b1)
> > ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
> >
>  >
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