I have a problem with the binary PXEBOOT and the nfs / diskless setup setup. Unfortunately, PXEBOOT loads the kernel with i219LM NICs very slowly. It takes up to 15 minutes to load the kernel. Compared to a Realtek or i210 / i211 NIC, it only takes 2 minutes to load the kernel. ``` BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 ... Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0xed9008 data=0x117d28+0x176650 syms=[0x8+0x137988+0x8+0x1515f8] ```
Are you really sure your problem is caused by different NICs ? I had the same problem and the slowness came from incoming ARPs. In a network without ARP traffic pxeboot had normal speed. I could solve my problem with the following patch for V12.1 Stable: --- pxe.c.orig 2019-01-13 08:25:55.000000000 +0100 +++ pxe.c 2020-06-15 21:30:19.000000000 +0200 @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ if (undi_open_p == NULL) return; bzero(undi_open_p, sizeof(*undi_open_p)); - undi_open_p->PktFilter = FLTR_DIRECTED | FLTR_BRDCST; + undi_open_p->PktFilter = FLTR_DIRECTED; pxe_call(PXENV_UNDI_OPEN, undi_open_p); if (undi_open_p->Status != 0) printf("undi open failed: %x\n", undi_open_p->Status); For more info see https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/2020-June/056025.html Andreas Longwitz