[Bug 921230] [NEW] presense of kvm-ipxe slows down kvm non-network boot

[Scott Moser]

Public bug reported:

$ kvm -boot order=c /tmp/disk.img -curses

you'll see somthing like:
|
| SeaBIOS (version pre-0.6.3-20111117_190135-rothera)
|
| iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:03.0 C900 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+17FC94C0+17F894C0 C900
| Press Ctrl-B to configure iPXE (PCI 00:03.0)...

That sits there for 2 to 3 seconds (per NIC), and slows boot down
by that much.

You can work around this by:
$ ( rm -Rf x && mkdir x && cd x && ln -sf /usr/share/qemu-kvm/* . && rm pxe* )
$ kvm -boot order=c -L x -curses

which basically just makes kvm think there are no pxe boot roms, which
would be found in /usr/share/qemu-kvm/ as provided by kvm-ipxe.

I'd like some way to skip that configure step, since I am explicitly not
booting from pxe.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: kvm-ipxe 1.0.0+git-2.149b50-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-10.17-generic 3.2.1
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:38:01 2012
Dependencies:

EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ipxe
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-07 (78 days ago)

** Affects: ipxe (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity

** Description changed:

  $ kvm -boot order=c /tmp/disk.img -curses
  
  you'll see somthing like:
- | 
+ |
  | SeaBIOS (version pre-0.6.3-20111117_190135-rothera)
- | 
+ |
  | iPXE (http://ipxe.org) 00:03.0 C900 PCI2.10 PnP PMM+17FC94C0+17F894C0 C900
  | Press Ctrl-B to configure iPXE (PCI 00:03.0)...
  
  That sits there for 2 to 3 seconds (per NIC), and slows boot down
  by that much.
  
  You can work around this by:
  $ ( rm -Rf x && mkdir x && cd x && ln -sf /usr/share/qemu-kvm/* . && rm pxe* )
  $ kvm -boot order=c -L x -curses
  
  which basically just makes kvm think there are no pxe boot roms, which
  would be found in /usr/share/qemu-kvm/ as provided by kvm-ipxe.
  
+ I'd like some way to skip that configure step, since I am explicitly not
+ booting from pxe.
+ 
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: kvm-ipxe 1.0.0+git-2.149b50-1ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-10.17-generic 3.2.1
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jan 24 16:38:01 2012
  Dependencies:
-  
+ 
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ipxe
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2011-11-07 (78 days ago)

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