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Date:      Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:12:32 -0400
From:      Andrew Boyer <aboyer@averesystems.com>
To:        Alexander Sack <pisymbol@gmail.com>
Cc:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Dual-rate transceivers with ixgbe?
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On Jun 10, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Alexander Sack wrote:
>=20
>> One thing that the base driver probably ought to do is not fail in
>> attach if there's an unrecognized SFP+ module.  Since we get
>> interrupts on module change (although this doesn't seem to always =
work
>> *entirely* right in the stock sources, mostly wrt stored values of
>> AUTOC and the like) it should be possible to bring the interface up
>> with the unsupported (and disabled) SFP+ module and do the SFP+ =
module
>> probing we already do on hot-swap.
>=20
> Alright, let me see if I can test that.  Let me rephrase so I validate
> what you are saying:
>=20
> The driver can come up with an unsupported module but disable the
> interface (ifconfig shows the interface, etc.).
>=20
> If you then hot-swap a supported SFP, it should come up then with a
> ifconfig down/up cycle.  Right?
>=20
> As it stand now, if you load the driver with an unsupported module, it
> will not attach at all causing you to reload the entire driver OR
> reboot the box to have it reattach to the other SFP.
>=20

We use this patch to allow the driver to attach when no module is =
installed.  This might be a starting point for you.  I haven't tested it =
without all of our other changes in place so my apologies if it doesn't =
quite work.  We only have Intel modules around for testing.

-Andrew

--- ixgbe.c	2010-06-10 16:53:08.000000000 -0400
+++ ixgbe.c	2010-06-10 16:55:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
 	} else if (error =3D=3D IXGBE_ERR_SFP_NOT_SUPPORTED)
 		device_printf(dev,"Unsupported SFP+ Module\n");
=20
-	if (error) {
+	if (error && error !=3D IXGBE_ERR_SFP_NOT_PRESENT) {
 		error =3D EIO;
 		device_printf(dev,"Hardware Initialization Failure\n");
 		goto err_late;

--- ixgbe_82598.c	2010-06-10 16:53:24.000000000 -0400
+++ ixgbe_82598.c	2010-06-10 16:56:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -257,10 +257,6 @@
 		ret_val =3D ixgbe_get_sfp_init_sequence_offsets(hw,
 		                                            =
&list_offset,
 		                                            =
&data_offset);
-		if (ret_val !=3D IXGBE_SUCCESS) {
-			ret_val =3D IXGBE_ERR_SFP_NOT_SUPPORTED;
-			goto out;
-		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;


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