Re: [Etherboot-developers] proto_tftm.c -- Etherboot Multicast TFTP

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"Timothy Legge" <tl...@ro...> writes:

> Now that the corruption is out of the way, I have successfully boot two
> machines via multicast with atftp.

Cool.

> However, if I throw a third one into
> the mix, all three get the file and start to boot tomsrtbt.  However,
> two of the three get Out of memory errors and System Halt.

Will each machine work individually?

Do the nodes work if they never become the master?  I don't even know
if that is possible.

Are you possibly calling allot multiple times and never calling forget.

What it really sounds like if this happens on startup is that the memory
map the kernel gets passed is corrupted.  What does the e820 map the
kernel prints out a boot time look like? 

> All three machines are quite different, 486-25 (3c515), P200 (eepro100),
> P4 2Ghz (eepro100).  Since all three are of different speeds, I have to
> force them to multicast by hitting the pause button and holding them
> till the others catch up.

Maybe but I can't imagine how the pause key would mess things up...

> Could this be a symptom of that?  If not, what should I look at?  If you
> have a number of similarly configured clients, the code could use some
> more realistic testing...

I might be able to find some time later..  I am so swamped I can barely
find time to reply to some of my email. :)  That plus a set of test machines
take some work to commandeer.

Eric