Hi,
Unfortunately not:
ix0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,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
inet 172.16.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.16.255.255
inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994e%ix0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,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:99:4f
inet 172.17.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.17.255.255
inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: no carrier
Regards,
Rémi
Le 11 oct. 2012 à 18:25, Jack Vogel a écrit :
> 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
>
>
>
