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Unable to netboot in some Dell systems after updating shim

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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      Netboot the system on a Dell PowerEdge 3930.

      Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

      shim-x64-15.8-4.el8_9

      How reproducible:

      Always

      Issue description:

      The issue seems to be specific to some Dell systems and is being investigated upstream:

      https://github.com/rhboot/shim/issues/649

       

      The TFTP server log shows that it's trying to get the plain text name of the option instead of the grub binary, which causes the failure to boot:

       

      <29>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.293617+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 62 - - Client <redacted-ip> finished shimx64.efi
      <29>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.446596+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 63 - - RRQ from <redacted-ip> filename revocations.efi
      <29>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.447219+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 63 - - Client <redacted-ip> File not found revocations.efi
      <30>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.447421+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 63 - - sending NAK (1, File not found) to <redacted-ip>
      <29>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.506547+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 64 - - RRQ from <redacted-ip> filename <D0>Onboard
      <29>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.507284+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 64 - - Client <redacted-ip> File not found <D0>Onboard
      <30>1 2024-04-22T19:23:40.507527+00:00 <redacted-hostname> in.tftpd 64 - - sending NAK (1, File not found) to <redacted-ip> 

       

       

              bootloader-eng-team bootloader -eng-team
              rhn-support-jeperez Jesus Perez
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