Always set the receive mask in loader.efi
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Authored by andrew on Jul 25 2017, 4:02 PM.

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rS321621: Always set the receive mask in loader.efi. Some UEFI implementations set

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Some UEFI implementations set this to be too restrictive. We need to have
both broadcast and unicast enabled for loader to work. Set them in all
cases to ensure this is true.

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andrew created this revision.Jul 25 2017, 4:02 PM

LGTM

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 25 2017, 4:04 PM

Are there some specific examples about systems needing this?

In D11732#243122, @tsoome wrote:

Are there some specific examples about systems needing this?

The dual package ThunderX in the netperf cluster.

If that breaks U-Boot I'll fix U-Boot :)

Closed by commit rS321621: Always set the receive mask in loader.efi. Some UEFI implementations set (authored by andrew). · Explain WhyJul 27 2017, 3:06 PM

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