[Bug 1813541] Re: Shim uses wrong TFTP server IP in proxyDHCP mode
Alkis Georgopoulos
1813541 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Jan 28 21:26:50 UTC 2019
*Actually you can use "boot filename = /path/to/shimx64.efi" just to
derive the /path/to/grubx64.efi if you want; but that's not very
important, just for TFTP directory organization.
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Title:
Shim uses wrong TFTP server IP in proxyDHCP mode
Status in shim package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
This works fine:
UEFI > real DHCP > shimx64.efi over TFTP > grubx64.efi over TFTP.
In the scenario above, if we change "real" with "proxy", it fails,
because it's trying to download grubx64.efi from the real DHCP server
instead of the proxy one.
A proxy DHCP server is one that only sends the boot filename, and
leaves the IP assignments to the real DHCP server. We use that a lot
in the ltsp.org and in other netbooting projects, as it avoids the
need for a special network setup.
Sample dnsmasq.conf for proxy setup:
enable-tftp
tftp-root=/var/lib/tftpboot
dhcp-range=10.161.254.0,proxy,255.255.255.0
pxe-service=X86-64_EFI,"Boot from network",shimx64.efi
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