On 06/22/16 00:49, Laszlo Ersek wrote:

> Now compare it against the case when the iPXE oprom is enabled:
> 
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1) 
>> FormSetGuid=ACF511E7-6578-C7A8-5C48-2B536DDC8B68 Index=9
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1)/VenHw(D79DF6B0-EF44-43BD-9797-43E93BCF5FA8)
>>  FormSetGuid=D79DF6B0-EF44-43BD-9797-43E93BCF5FA8 Index=10
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1)/VenHw(9FB1A1F3-3B71-4324-B39A-745CBB015FFF)
>>  FormSetGuid=9B942747-154E-4D29-A436-BF7100C8B53B Index=11
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1)/VenHw(ECEBCB00-D9C8-11E4-AF3D-8CDCD426C973)
>>  FormSetGuid=4D20583A-7765-4E7A-8A67-DCDE74EE3EC5 Index=12
> 
> Processed with the sed script:
> 
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1) 
>> FormSetGuid=ACF511E7-6578-C7A8-5C48-2B536DDC8B68 Index=9
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1)/VenHw([VlanConfigFormSet])
>>  FormSetGuid=[VlanConfigFormSet] Index=10
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1)/VenHw([Ip4Dxe])
>>  FormSetGuid=[Ip4Config2NvData] Index=11
>> CreateDeviceManagerForm: 
>> DevicePathStr=PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x3,0x0)/MAC(525400938342,0x1)/VenHw([HttpBootDxe])
>>  FormSetGuid=[HttpBootConfig] Index=12
> 
> The (structural) difference is that iPXE seems to install its HII form set 
> directly on the handle that corresponds to the network device.
> 
> Whereas the other drivers install their form sets on new child handles (whose 
> device paths are built by appending a VenHw() node).
> 
> I have no clue where this is actually enforced by the setup browser, but I 
> think this is the reason. See also the big comment on FIXME in 
> "OvmfPkg/PlatformDxe/Platform.c", and the documentation of the 
> HiiAddPackages() function, in "MdeModulePkg/Library/UefiHiiLib/HiiLib.c".
> 
> I might try to come up with an iPXE patch for this.

I wrote an iPXE patch for this, but the issue persists. So it's
something else.

Thanks
Laszlo

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