From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Aug 31 13:40:21 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 220A3E1EDC3 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:40:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:80:80::2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smarthost.sentex.ca", Issuer "smarthost.sentex.ca" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69A347C560 for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (lava.sentex.ca [IPv6:2607:f3e0:0:5::11]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id v7VDeIDB060773 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:40:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from [192.168.43.26] (saphire3.sentex.ca [192.168.43.26]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v7VDeGFs094357; Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:40:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Subject: Re: slow pxeboot on newer dell/optiplex To: Daniel Braniss , Freebsd hackers list References: <1536BD70-C292-4435-9DD4-0BA81A0B242B@cs.huji.ac.il> From: Mike Tancsa Organization: Sentex Communications Message-ID: <494d3688-655a-92a2-2254-59b1494a82a0@sentex.net> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:40:15 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1536BD70-C292-4435-9DD4-0BA81A0B242B@cs.huji.ac.il> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:40:21 -0000 On 8/31/2017 8:48 AM, Daniel Braniss wrote: > Hi, > A dell optiplex 9020 boots via pxeboot just fine, newer ones, e.g. 7050 boot very slow, > even after upgrading the bios (which fixed some serial issues) it’s still very slow. > btw, bootting linux is ok. > I will try ipxe later, but if anyone has any ideas, you are very welcome! I think I am seeing the same issue-- or at least the same symptoms-- on a SuperMicro X11SSL-F. Upgrading the BIOS didnt fix the issue either (version 2.0a Release Date: 03/09/2017) 0(4usupermicro)# pciconf -lcvb igb0 igb0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x153315d9 chip=0x15338086 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = 'I210 Gigabit Network Connection' class = network subclass = ethernet bar [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xdf500000, size 524288, enabled bar [18] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xd000, size 32, enabled bar [1c] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xdf580000, size 16384, enabled cap 01[40] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D3 current D0 cap 05[50] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks cap 11[70] = MSI-X supports 5 messages, enabled Table in map 0x1c[0x0], PBA in map 0x1c[0x2000] cap 10[a0] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(512) FLR NS link x1(x1) speed 2.5(2.5) ASPM disabled(L0s/L1) ecap 0001[100] = AER 2 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected ecap 0003[140] = Serial 1 0cc47affffe3b9a4 ecap 0017[1a0] = TPH Requester 1 0(4usupermicro)# What is the NIC in your Dell ? ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/