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Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:50:53 -0800 (PST) From: Peter A Barlow Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3774.300.61.1.2\)) Subject: Support for Firebox M270 and the Intel X553 MDIO Message-Id: References: <9111F7D4-7362-4C84-B019-6B3E700DABF6@gmail.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 08:50:43 +0000 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3774.300.61.1.2) X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20230601]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2a00:1450:4000::/36:c]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; 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Out of the box the X553 backplane is detected but there doesn=E2=80=99t = seem to be any attempt at probing the MDIO for connected devices. I=E2=80=99ve played around with the Intel ixgbe drivers, compiling the = kernel etc to see if I can figure it out but I=E2=80=99m really = struggling to understand what needs to be done. At this stage I=E2=80=99m reaching out to the community to see if anyone = can clarify something for me=E2=80=A6.are there some fundamental changes = or additions required to the drivers to make this work, or is it = something that should work already but needs some options enabling or = configurations tweaking. I=E2=80=99m reluctant to put more time into = trawling through the code if it=E2=80=99s a =E2=80=98simple=E2=80=99 = configuration issue. Any pointers would be very welcome. Thank you.=