On Sat, Oct 05, 2024 at 06:57:36PM -0500, matthew j weaver wrote: > Yes, the firmware was ancient! You'll notice the later boots > included in my dmesg show the interfaces with the latest firmware: > > ixl0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel X710 SFP+" rev 0x02: port 0, FW > 9.152.77998 API 1.15, msix, 8 queues, address 40:a6:b7:b3:4b:28 > ixl1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "Intel X710 SFP+" rev 0x02: port 1, FW > 9.152.77998 API 1.15, msix, 8 queues, address 40:a6:b7:b3:4b:29 > > At any rate, it was the transceivers as predicted by several posters. > > My experience matches what deich...@placebonol.com reports: > The NIC enforces intel-coded only for optical transceivers but not twinax.
I thought that the driver logs this somewhere. If not this is indeed a nasty trap. Also Intel you suck doing this, I know other vendors do that as well but you don't need to be as horrible as the rest of the market. -- :wq Claudio
