[gPXE-devel] request for rom dell latitude d630

[Marty Connor]

Hi Johan,

Your network chipset variation is not currently supported by gPXE.  We 
are always updating our drivers, and the driver you need updated, "tg3", 
just hasn't been updated yet.

Because of the complexity of the driver it is a non-trivial amount of 
work to update it, but it is on our roadmap.  If funding is available to 
support the work, it might happen faster.  Please email me off-list if 
that is of interest to you.

Another way to do what you want is to use PXE chaining using gPXE's 
undionly.kpxe form to "chainload" gPXE from your on-board PXE. 
(apologies if you've already tried this).  Just in case you haven't:

    http://etherboot.org/wiki/pxechaining

You could also create a gPXE-that-looks-like-a-linux-kernel (.lkrn) 
image and boot that.

Discussions of how to do pxechaining or use .lkrn files should mostly go 
on the gpxe at etherboot.org list, since this list is more about 
implementation of gPXE rather than usage of gPXE.

Thanks for asking about this driver, though, we do plan to update it, 
and it's good to be reminded what native drivers people need.

Regards,

/ Marty /

Johan Van Zuidam (DHL NL) wrote on 7/14/10 7:17 AM:
> I am not sure but anyhow,I did try to create a rom file for my dell
> id 14E4 1673 onboard Broadcom gigabit netextreem pciex1 card
>
> Found on my dell d630 laptop see below
>
> 0x1673
>
> Chip Number:
>
> B5755M
>
> Chip Description:
>
> NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
>
> Notes:
>
> Found on Dell Latitude D630, D531, D830, 4300
> http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/netxtreme
>
> But the romomatic tool used to create a rom to flash to the nic
> wasn.'t available no driver found so maybe some off you is willing to
> create a rom for this laptop
>
> So I can boot from iscsi ,or provide a way to do it myself,I am
> willing to do some effort to get this rom..
>
>
>
> Greetings Johan van Zuidam
>
> Email johan.vanzuidam at dhl.com or ikheetjohan at gmail.com