On 2024-10-06, Claudio Jeker <cje...@diehard.n-r-g.com> wrote: > 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.
untested, but this _may_ work. https://github.com/bibigon812/xl710-unlocker
