a question about ipxe boot for imac a1419

[robinsmidsrod]

The Atheros AR8151 is not supported, but it might be close enough that adding a PCI_ROM() line in src/drivers/net/atl1e.c with the values 0x1969 and 0x1083, and recompile might work.

The Broadcom card is also not supported. In the same way you could add a PCI_ROM() line to src/drivers/net/tg3/tg3.c with values 0x14e4 and 0x1686.

If this actually works we should be able to add those IDs to the standard build. You'll need to run through the tests at http://ipxe.org/dev/driver to verify that all features work, though.

Also, rom-o-matic.net is for gPXE, it is not iPXE (the two are not the exactly the same, see http://ipxe.org/faq). If you want to use an online tool to build iPXE you should use http://rom-o-matic.eu/. Be aware that these PCI_ROM() changes I mentioned can't be done with an online builder. You'll need to use a Linux installation (virtual machine is completely okay) to compile the required files.

Also, I've heard that some Mac computers always boot in EFI mode when booting using USB, but booting from CD uses traditional BIOS method. I can't verify this, as I don't own a Mac. iPXE is still not working properly with EFI. It's very much a work-in-progress.

You need to follow the description on http://ipxe.org/download to build from source. If you have problems getting that to work, please report back.