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Date:      Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:40:15 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>, Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: slow pxeboot on newer dell/optiplex
Message-ID:  <494d3688-655a-92a2-2254-59b1494a82a0@sentex.net>
In-Reply-To: <1536BD70-C292-4435-9DD4-0BA81A0B242B@cs.huji.ac.il>
References:  <1536BD70-C292-4435-9DD4-0BA81A0B242B@cs.huji.ac.il>

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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


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