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* [build] Mark core files as permitted for UEFI Secure BootMichael Brown2026-01-141-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | Mark all files used in a standard build of bin-x86_64-efi/snponly.efi as permitted for UEFI Secure Boot. These files represent the core functionality of iPXE that is guaranteed to have been included in every binary that was previously subject to a security review and signed by Microsoft. It is therefore legitimate to assume that at least these files have already been reviewed to the required standard multiple times. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [lldp] Add support for the Link Layer Discovery ProtocolMichael Brown2023-02-051-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add support for recording LLDP packets and exposing TLV values via the settings mechanism. LLDP settings are encoded as ${netX.lldp/<prefix>.<type>.<index>.<offset>.<length>} where <type> is the TLV type <offset> is the starting offset within the TLV value <length> is the length (or zero to read the from <offset> to the end) <prefix>, if it has a non-zero value, is the subtype byte string of length <offset> to match at the start of the TLV value, up to a maximum matched length of 4 bytes <index> is the index of the entry matching <type> and <prefix> to be accessed, with zero indicating the first matching entry The <prefix> is designed to accommodate both matching of the OUI within an organization-specific TLV (e.g. 0x0080c2 for IEEE 802.1 TLVs) and of a subtype byte as found within many TLVs. This encoding allows most LLDP values to be extracted easily. For example System name: ${netX.lldp/5.0.0.0:string} System description: ${netX.lldp/6.0.0.0:string} Port description: ${netX.lldp/4.0.0.0:string} Port interface name: ${netX.lldp/5.2.0.1.0:string} Chassis MAC address: ${netX.lldp/4.1.0.1.0:hex} Management IPv4 address: ${netX.lldp/5.1.8.0.2.4:ipv4} Port VLAN ID: ${netX.lldp/0x0080c2.1.127.0.4.2:int16} Port VLAN name: ${netX.lldp/0x0080c2.3.127.0.7.0:string} Maximum frame size: ${netX.lldp/0x00120f.4.127.0.4.2:uint16} Originally-implemented-by: Marin Hannache <git@mareo.fr> Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [eap] Treat an EAP Request-Identity as indicating a blocked linkMichael Brown2021-01-191-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A switch port using 802.1x authentication will send EAP Request-Identity packets once the physical link is up, and will not be forwarding packets until the port identity has been established. We do not currently support 802.1x authentication. However, a reasonably common configuration involves using a preset list of permitted MAC addresses, with the "authentication" taking place between the switch and a RADIUS server. In this configuration, the end device does not need to perform any authentication step, but does need to be prepared for the switch port to fail to forward packets for a substantial time after physical link-up. This exactly matches the "blocked link" semantics already used when detecting a non-forwarding switch port via LACP or STP. Treat a received EAP Request-Identity as indicating a blocked link. Unlike LACP or STP, there is no way to determine the expected time until the next EAP packet and so we must choose a fixed timeout. Erroneously assuming that the link is blocked is relatively harmless since we will still attempt to transmit and receive data even over a link that is marked as blocked, and so the net effect is merely to prolong DHCP attempts. In contrast, erroneously assuming that the link is unblocked will potentially cause DHCP to time out and give up, resulting in a failed boot. The default EAP Request-Identity interval in Cisco switches (where this is most likely to be encountered in practice) is 30 seconds, so choose 45 seconds as a timeout that is likely to avoid gaps during which we falsely assume that the link is unblocked. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [ethernet] Make LACP support configurable at build timeMichael Brown2016-04-181-0/+3
| | | | | | | Add a build configuration option NET_PROTO_LACP to control whether or not LACP support is included for Ethernet devices. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [stp] Add support for detecting Spanning Tree Protocol non-forwarding portsMichael Brown2015-06-251-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A fairly common end-user problem is that the default configuration of a switch may leave the port in a non-forwarding state for a substantial length of time (tens of seconds) after link up. This can cause iPXE to time out and give up attempting to boot. We cannot force the switch to start forwarding packets sooner, since any attempt to send a Spanning Tree Protocol bridge PDU may cause the switch to disable our port (if the switch happens to have the Bridge PDU Guard feature enabled for the port). For non-ancient versions of the Spanning Tree Protocol, we can detect whether or not the port is currently forwarding and use this to inform the network device core that the link is currently blocked. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [build] Fix the REQUIRE_SYMBOL mechanismMichael Brown2015-03-051-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | At some point in the past few years, binutils became more aggressive at removing unused symbols. To function as a symbol requirement, a relocation record must now be in a section marked with @progbits and must not be in a section which gets discarded during the link (either via --gc-sections or via /DISCARD/). Update REQUIRE_SYMBOL() to generate relocation records meeting these criteria. To minimise the impact upon the final binary size, we use existing symbols (specified via the REQUIRING_SYMBOL() macro) as the relocation targets where possible. We use R_386_NONE or R_X86_64_NONE relocation types to prevent any actual unwanted relocation taking place. Where no suitable symbol exists for REQUIRING_SYMBOL() (such as in config.c), the macro PROVIDE_REQUIRING_SYMBOL() can be used to generate a one-byte-long symbol to act as the relocation target. If there are versions of binutils for which this approach fails, then the fallback will probably involve killing off REQUEST_SYMBOL(), redefining REQUIRE_SYMBOL() to use the current definition of REQUEST_SYMBOL(), and postprocessing the linked ELF file with something along the lines of "nm -u | wc -l" to check that there are no undefined symbols remaining. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [legal] Relicense files under GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDLMichael Brown2015-03-021-1/+5
| | | | | | | Relicense files for which I am the sole author (as identified by util/relicense.pl). Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [legal] Include full licence text for all GPL2_OR_LATER filesMichael Brown2015-02-261-2/+12
| | | | | | | | Add the standard warranty disclaimer and Free Software Foundation address paragraphs to the licence text where these are not currently present. Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [fcoe] Add support for Fibre Channel over EthernetMichael Brown2010-09-151-0/+3
| | | | Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [block] Replace gPXE block-device API with an iPXE asynchronous interfaceMichael Brown2010-09-141-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The block device interface used in gPXE predates the invention of even the old gPXE data-transfer interface, let alone the current iPXE generic asynchronous interface mechanism. Bring this old code up to date, with the following benefits: o Block device commands can be cancelled by the requestor. The INT 13 layer uses this to provide a global timeout on all INT 13 calls, with the result that an unexpected passive failure mode (such as an iSCSI target ACKing the request but never sending a response) will lead to a timeout that gets reported back to the INT 13 user, rather than simply freezing the system. o INT 13,00 (reset drive) is now able to reset the underlying block device. INT 13 users, such as DOS, that use INT 13,00 as a method for error recovery now have a chance of recovering. o All block device commands are tagged, with a numerical tag that will show up in debugging output and in packet captures; this will allow easier interpretation of bug reports that include both sources of information. o The extremely ugly hacks used to generate the boot firmware tables have been eradicated and replaced with a generic acpi_describe() method (exploiting the ability of iPXE interfaces to pass through methods to an underlying interface). The ACPI tables are now built in a shared data block within .bss16, rather than each requiring dedicated space in .data16. o The architecture-independent concept of a SAN device has been exposed to the iPXE core through the sanboot API, which provides calls to hook, unhook, boot, and describe SAN devices. This allows for much more flexible usage patterns (such as hooking an empty SAN device and then running an OS installer via TFTP). Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>
* [ethernet] Include AoE only for Ethernet buildsMichael Brown2010-09-121-0/+23
Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <mcb30@ipxe.org>