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grubnetx64 image doesn't work w/ QEMU e1000 model

Bug #1420479 reported by dann frazier
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Bug Description

I'm attempting to network boot an EFI VM using the grubnetx64.efi.signed image provided in grub-efi-amd64-signed. The iPXE rom gets an address and successfully tftp's and starts GRUB, but it just drops me to a grub> shell. The only tftp request I see in my tftp server log is for the grub image itself. fyi, I also see the same symptoms using a mac/x86 booted in EFI mode (also uses iPXE).

I've tried packages from both trusty and vivid. I'm using my tomato-based router as a dhcp server with the following added dnsmasq config:

dhcp-boot=grubnetx64.efi.signed,,192.168.1.30

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dann frazier (dannf) wrote :

The problem here may just be related to EFI NIC driver support. I switched from an e1000 model to a virtio-net-pci model in my invocation, and GRUB netboot is now happy.

dann frazier (dannf)
summary: - grubnetx64 image doesn't fetch config
+ grubnetx64 image doesn't fetch config w/ QEMU e1000 model
summary: - grubnetx64 image doesn't fetch config w/ QEMU e1000 model
+ grubnetx64 image doesn't work w/ QEMU e1000 model
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