/usr/lib/ipxe/e1000_82540.rom is in ipxe-qemu 1.0.0+git-20141004.86285d1-1.
This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o777.
It is a symlink to /usr/lib/ipxe/qemu/pxe-e1000.rom
/usr/lib/ipxe/qemu/pxe-e1000.rom