The ixgbe device will not get link until you have run init, so assign it an address or just do an ifconfig up.
I have never used the driver using a passthru type setup but I believe its been done successfully if memory serves. Jack On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Rémi Pauchet <remi.pauc...@netasq.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use the ixgbe (10Gb) driver in a FreeBSD virtual machine on > an esxi 5 using DirectPath (PCI Passthrough) and the card is detected, but > I can't get a link (status: no carrier) > > ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.3.11> mem > 0xd2420000-0xd243ffff,0xd2400000-0xd2403fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3 > > ix0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 > > options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO> > ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e > nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> > media: Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier > > I have also tested with XenServer 6, using SR-IOV (ixgbevf driver) with > the same result: the driver is loading, but no link detected. > > In both case (VMWare DirectPath and XenServer SR-IOV), I tested Linux with > success. > > > The card is an Intel 82599EB, the motherboard is an Intel X58 (supermicro > X8ST3) with a Xeon W3680 and I've tested FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0 > > I've found a forum thread with the same issue: > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29855 and no answer :) > > > Please find in attachment the dmesg (boot -v) with the ix driver compiled > with DEBUG flags using vmware. > > > Can anyone provide feedback about this issue ? > > Regards, > Rémi Pauchet > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
