iPXE and USB-C

[speleo14]

(2017-02-27 19:23)NiKiZe Wrote:  0bda:8153 RTL8153 is Gigabit, let's try and work with something that we know works, even if buggy.

but it should work with make bin-x86_64-efi/ecm.efi after unplug and replug as far as I understand.

OK, I built with make bin-x86_64-efi/ecm.efi and used the Dell NIC with the Realtek chip, but this instantly gives me "No more network devices", so the NIC isn't even detected.
And I can't get to the shell, since the external keyboard doesn't work with that build and the built-in keyboard doesn't have an esc key
Thus I can't try unplug and replug with that build.

(2017-02-27 19:23)NiKiZe Wrote:  we have mostly confirmed that the NII driver is horribly broken on your firmware, and that is what iPXE must use for the thunderbolt nic, but I don't see how iPXE would have any drivers for this..

Well, as I said, the thunderbolt NIC works really fine with "older" Macs. It uses the driver 14e4-1682; that's what iPXE also tries to use on the new MacBook Pro, but here I get "Link down".

(2017-02-27 19:23)NiKiZe Wrote:  So there is 2 things that can be done to fix this for you:
1. Upgrade the firmware so that the NII driver works, if there is no upgrade available that fixes this issue you will need to contact Apple to get them to fix this.
2. Use native iPXE drivers for nic and bus, but who knows maybe Apple have locked down that solution as well.

There is no firmware update available at the moment, so we can probably forget about 1.
How would I proceed to try 2?