[Bug 1813541] Re: Shim uses wrong TFTP server IP in proxyDHCP mode

[Alkis Georgopoulos]

To be more clear (some times I'm not very confident about my English):

TFTP server = proxyDHCP server = where shimx64.efi is.
UEFI and BIOS and iPXE and all clients, use the proxyDHCP server as the TFTP server.

Shimx64.efi on the other hand, tries to download grubx64.efi from the
real DHCP server, which usually isn't a TFTP server when proxyDHCP is
used, and fails.

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Title:
  Shim uses wrong TFTP server IP in proxyDHCP mode

Status in shim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This works fine:
  UEFI > real DHCP > shimx64.efi over TFTP > grubx64.efi over TFTP.

  In the scenario above, if we change "real" with "proxy", it fails,
  because it's trying to download grubx64.efi from the real DHCP server
  instead of the proxy one.

  A proxy DHCP server is one that only sends the boot filename, and
  leaves the IP assignments to the real DHCP server. We use that a lot
  in the ltsp.org and in other netbooting projects, as it avoids the
  need for a special network setup.

  Sample dnsmasq.conf for proxy setup:

  enable-tftp
  tftp-root=/var/lib/tftpboot
  dhcp-range=10.161.254.0,proxy,255.255.255.0
  pxe-service=X86-64_EFI,"Boot from network",shimx64.efi

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