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From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] vm pxe fail
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:27:08 +0300
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On 08/31/2012 05:37 PM, Alex Jia wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> Great, BTW, in fact, you may pxe boot via VF of Intel82576, however, Intel82576 SR-IOV network adapters 
> don't provide a ROM BIOS for the cards virtual functions (VF), but an image of such a ROM is available, 
> and with this ROM visible to the guest, it can PXE boot.
> 
> In libvirt's xml, you need to configure guest XML like this:
> 
>           <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'>
>             <source>
>               <address bus='XX' slot='XX' function='XX'/>
>             </source>         
>             <boot order='1'/>         
>            <rom bar='on' file='/xxxx/ipxe-808610ca.rom'/>
>           </hostdev>
> 
> You need to build a ipxe-808610ca.rom by yourself, if you're interested in this,
> please refer to http://ipxe.org/.

Is there a way to automate this?  Perhaps a database matching PCI IDs
and ipxe .roms, which qemu could consult?


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