Description of problem: When using etherboot zrom files to NIC boot with ne model,it failed to get ip address.Other models of virtio,rtl8139,e1000,pcnet32 are all ok to get ip address. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhel5.4 x86_64 etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-10.el5 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.# qemu-img create rom.img 10G 2.# qemu-kvm -name 'pxe' -m 256 -vnc :10 -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:11:22:33:44:00,model=ne2k_pci -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=pxe,script=/etc/qemu-ifup-switch -boot n Actual results: It couldn't get ip address and accessed to profile selection menu(we are using cobbler to test this) It threw out: Probing pci nic... Probing isa nic... [NE*000] <sleep> Expected results: Should get ip address and accessed to profile selection menu. Additional info: Using that commands above,virtio,rtl8139,pcnet32,e1000 all work well.
reproduced by running qemu-kvm from package qemu-system-x86-0.10.6-1 (from the lfarkas repository) the with following params: -boot n -name 'pxe' -m 256 -vnc :10 -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:11:22:33:44:00,model=ne2k_pci -net tap,vlan=0 The installed package has a soft-link from /usr/share/qemu/pxe-ne2k_pci.bin to ../etherboot/ne.zrom, which is the one used for this nic. Replacing the file /usr/share/etherboot/ne.zrom from the package etherboot-zroms-kvm-5.4.4-16.el5 with the latest pc-bios/pxe-ne2k_pci.bin of the qemu-kvm git repository solves the problem.
Created attachment 362067 [details] etherboot zrom generated from rom-o-matic site for the ne2k-pci generated from rom-o-matic site, on 22-September-2009, etherboot format, 5.4.4(i386), rtl8029.zrom, default values suggested by site, except for: ASK_BOOT=-1, PXE_DHCP_STRICT selected
zrom attached solves the problem: network boot works fine.
The etherboot package should put the rtl8029 images in the kvm supported part. The kvm package should point the ne2k-pci pxe file[s] to the rtl8029 from the etherboot package.
bug 526124 was created for the kvm side of the changes.
Moving to ON_QA for bug verification to take place.
Having verified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Server-VT - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Client-VT - x86_64 1.# qemu-img create rom.img 10G 2.# qemu-kvm -name 'pxe' -m 256 -vnc :10 -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:11:22:33:44:00,model=ne2k_pci -net tap,vlan=0,ifname=pxe,script=/etc/qemu-ifup-switch -boot n It can boot from network well.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2010-0227.html