A new version of ixgbe was committed this afternoon, 2.5.13, it now has a compile-time option of using unsupported optics. Keep in mind that if you have issues I'm going to ask if it can be reproduced with supported optics as a first step :)
Cheers, Jack On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Haven Hash <havens...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe there are two checks, one for Intel specific SFP modules (as some > cards have their EEPROM's configured to only accept Intel branded optics), > which this patch deals with, and another separate check for supported SFP's > which is not addressed by this. Support SFP's include adapters from Finisar > and a few other vendors, there's probably a list somewhere, but it does not > include various types of Twinax cable (which will work if you load the > driver then insert the cable, but the driver will refuse to create the > interfaces if the cable is plugged in at the time it loads). > > I believe Jack is going to try and make these checks optional sometime in > the future so you can try and use any SFP like with the Chelsio cards. > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Boris Kochergin <sp...@acm.poly.edu> > wrote: > > > Thanks, but this does not work. > > > > ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.4.8> > > port 0xece0-0xecff mem > > 0xdf360000-0xdf37ffff,0xdf3c0000-0xdf3fffff,0xdf33c000-0xdf33ffff irq 45 > > at device 0.1 on pci6 > > ix0: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors > > ix0: Unsupported SFP+ Module > > ix0: Hardware Initialization Failure > > device_attach: ix0 attach returned 5 > > > > -Boris > > > > On 06/09/13 13:42, Weiß, Jürgen wrote: > > > With the following patch the ixgbe (ix) driver > > > accepts any SFP. > > > > > > > > > --- ixgbe_phy.c.orig 2012-10-01 18:38:31.000000000 +0200 > > > +++ ixgbe_phy.c 2012-11-13 16:23:18.650609931 +0100 > > > @@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@ > > > } > > > > > > ixgbe_get_device_caps(hw, &enforce_sfp); > > > + enforce_sfp |= IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP; > > > if (!(enforce_sfp & IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP) && > > > !((hw->phy.sfp_type == ixgbe_sfp_type_1g_cu_core0) > || > > > (hw->phy.sfp_type == ixgbe_sfp_type_1g_cu_core1) > || > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Juergen > > > > > > Juergen Weiss |Universitaet Mainz, Zentrum fuer Datenverarbeitung, > > > we...@uni-mainz.de |55099 Mainz, Tel: +49(6131)39-26361, FAX: > > +49(6131)39-26407 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ 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"
