Package: ipxe-qemu Version: 1.21.1+git20250501.dad20602+dfsg-1 Severity: important
Dear Maintainer, iPXE support no longer appears to be available for network booting of virtual machines. For example, a functional libvirt domain definition using http://boot.netboot.xyz under Bookworm with version 1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5.1 no longer works: no iPXE boot and therefore no HTTP requests to network boot are made. See the attached netboot_test.sh file to reproduce my test. If I manually install the bookworm version (1.0.0+git-20190125.36a4c85-5.1) on trixie, the same test becomes functional again, and network booting via HTTP on http://boot.netboot.xyz works as expected. This appears to be a significant regression. -- System Information: Debian Release: 13.0 APT prefers trixie APT policy: (500, 'trixie') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.12.27-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8 Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled -- no debconf information
#!/bin/sh export LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI=qemu:///system for dir in /tmp/storage_pool /tmp/www; do if [ -d "$dir" ]; then rm -rf "$dir" && printf '%s removed' "$dir"; fi done # A basic HTTP server will be used to serve /tmp/www at http://10.42.42.1:8080 mkdir -p /tmp/www cat <<EOF >/tmp/www/master.ipxe #!ipxe isset ip || set server-ip 10.42.42.1 imgfree :MENU menu item exit Exit iPXE and continue BIOS boot item --gap -- --------------- iPXE Install Menu --------------- item bootlocal Boot from local disk item netboot Netboot XYZ iPXE menu item shell iPXE Shell item hostinfo Computer Informations item --gap -- ------------------------------------------------- choose --default netboot --timeout 1000 target && goto \${target} :bootlocal sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x80 || goto MENU :netboot chain --autofree http://boot.netboot.xyz :shell shell || goto MENU :hostinfo echo || echo || echo MAC address: \${net0/mac} || echo IP address: \${ip} || echo Netmask: \${netmask} || echo Serial: \${serial} || echo Asset number: \${asset} || echo Manufacturer: \${manufacturer} || echo Product: \${product} || echo BIOS platform: \${platform} || echo || echo Press [Esc] to go back || prompt goto MENU :exit exit EOF cat <<EOF >/tmp/www/ipxe_test_net-create_dump.xml <network xmlns:dnsmasq='http://libvirt.org/schemas/network/dnsmasq/1.0'> <dnsmasq:options> <dnsmasq:option value='log-queries'/> <dnsmasq:option value='log-dhcp'/> <dnsmasq:option value='log-debug'/> </dnsmasq:options> <name>virtual-pxebridge4242</name> <forward mode='nat'> <nat> <port start='1024' end='65535'/> </nat> </forward> <bridge name='virpxebr4242' stp='on' delay='0'/> <mac address='52:54:00:00:42:00'/> <ip address='10.42.42.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'> <dhcp> <range start='10.42.42.100' end='10.42.42.200'/> <host mac='52:54:00:00:42:42' name='foo' ip='10.42.42.101'/> <bootp file='http://10.42.42.1:8080/master.ipxe'/> </dhcp> </ip> </network> EOF virsh net-create /tmp/www/ipxe_test_net-create_dump.xml --validate # Creating storage pool path mkdir -p /tmp/storage_pool cat <<EOF >/tmp/www/ipxe_test_pool-create_dump.xml <pool type='dir'> <name>storage-pool4242</name> <source> </source> <target> <path>/tmp/storage_pool</path> </target> </pool> EOF virsh pool-create /tmp/www/ipxe_test_pool-create_dump.xml cat <<EOF >/tmp/www/ipxe_test_vol-create_dump.xml <volume type='file'> <name>foo-root-disk.qcow2</name> <key>/tmp/storage_pool/foo-root-disk.qcow2</key> <capacity unit='k'>4194304</capacity> <target> <path>/tmp/storage_pool/foo-root-disk.qcow2</path> <format type='qcow2'/> </target> </volume> EOF virsh vol-create storage-pool4242 /tmp/www/ipxe_test_vol-create_dump.xml cat <<EOF >/tmp/www/ipxe_test_define_dump.xml <domain type='kvm'> <name>foo</name> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> <vcpu placement='auto'>2</vcpu> <numatune> <memory mode='strict' placement='auto'/> </numatune> <os firmware='efi'> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> <boot dev='cdrom'/> <boot dev='network'/> <bootmenu enable='yes' timeout='3000'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none'> <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>destroy</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='/tmp/storage_pool/foo-root-disk.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='piix3-uhci'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:00:42:42'/> <source bridge='virpxebr4242'/> <target dev='brtap4242'/> <model type='virtio'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <input type='mouse' bus='usb'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='keyboard' bus='usb'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='2'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <input type='tablet' bus='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </input> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' keymap='en-us'> <listen type='address'/> </graphics> <audio id='1' type='none'/> <video> <model type='virtio' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> <rng model='virtio'> <backend model='builtin'/> </rng> </devices> </domain> EOF virsh define /tmp/www/ipxe_test_define_dump.xml --validate virsh start foo __tear_down() { virsh net-destroy virtual-pxebridge4242 2>/dev/null || true virsh pool-destroy storage-pool4242 2>/dev/null || true virsh destroy foo 2>/dev/null || true virsh undefine foo --nvram 2>/dev/null || true rm -f /tmp/storage_pool/foo-root-disk.qcow2 2>/dev/null || true rm -rf /tmp/{www,storage_pool} 2>/dev/null || true } trap __tear_down EXIT QUIT INT TERM printf '\e[1;31mHit Crtl-C to stop HTTP server\e[0m\n' # Basic HTTP server used to serve /tmp/www at http://10.42.42.1:8080 caddy file-server --browse --listen 10.42.42.1:8080 --root /tmp/www || true
