Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 00:58:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Greg V <greg@unrelenting.technology> To: John F Carr <jfc@mit.edu> Cc: "freebsd-arm@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mellanox ethernet in Ampere eMAG system Message-ID: <12dc327c-064f-4818-addc-31d861cfffdd@localhost> In-Reply-To: <057A51DA-024A-4B4D-9B99-C9298D446E99@exchange.mit.edu> References: <8C2F97F8-A504-4521-BF2C-4E86ABFB6F34@exchange.mit.edu> <057A51DA-024A-4B4D-9B99-C9298D446E99@exchange.mit.edu>
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Jan 18, 2020 2:35:50 AM John F Carr : > > On Jan 17, 2020, at 18:31 , John F Carr wrote: > > > > > > I am installing FreeBSD CURRENT on an Ampere eMAG (Lenovo HR330A). The kernel can't find a driver for two of the ethernet ports. Linux sees them as mlx5, and FreeBSD has a driver by that name in sys/dev/mlx5. Is there a file I need to tweak to get a driver bound? > > > > > > > > > Further information. I should have tried this before emailing. kldload mlx5 generates kernel messages: > > […] > > but ifconfig does not report any new devices. > > Well, you didn't load the Ethernet driver. Just load mlx5en, mlx5 is the core dependency shared by mlx5en and mlx5ib, you shouldn't need to load it manually. > > So why doesn't module mlx5 load automatically? > > Because no one added pnp info or whatever that's called I guess. > > And what are the ifconfig device names? > > IIRC it's mceN.home | help
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