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[Serge Hallyn <617316@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: etherboot
  
  This affects package kvm-pxe (5.4.4-1ubuntu1) in lucid and is already
  mentioned in Bug #570870.
  
  Trying a KVM PXE boot with model=e1000
  results in the following error message:
  
  Searching for server (DHCP)....No IP address
  
  The message is repeated infinitely. Using a different nic model, an IP
  address is obtained, and booting works.
  
- The Debian unstable ROM (e1000-82540em.rom) in etherboot-qemu_5.4.4-6_all.deb works. And the fix is decribed 
+ The Debian unstable ROM (e1000-82540em.rom) in etherboot-qemu_5.4.4-6_all.deb works. And the fix is decribed
  in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507391
+ 
+ SRU Information:
+ 
+ Impact:  users cannot pxe-boot KVM VMs.
+ Fix:  The bug was addressed by including a patch from Fedora, which
+       marks a struct as 'volatile'.  The fix can be seen in
+       https://code.launchpad.net/~serge-hallyn/ubuntu/maverick/etherboot/e1000fix
+ Test Case: Set up a KVM vm, and try to pxe-boot.
+ Regression Potential: This minimal patch is included in the maverick
+       source as well as fedora's, and appears unlikely to have any
+       other effects, solar spots notwithstanding.

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