Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:56:22 -0800 From: Eric Joyner <erj@freebsd.org> To: Peter A Barlow <peterbarlow2000@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Firebox M270 and the Intel X553 MDIO Message-ID: <CA%2Bb0zg_djE7FiMoR%2BjDxLGm0zrP514PVGYhrhEzcnp8RhCDSRw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C5C43AEE-AD8A-46B4-99CA-EC6EBD618E08@gmail.com> References: <9111F7D4-7362-4C84-B019-6B3E700DABF6@gmail.com> <C5C43AEE-AD8A-46B4-99CA-EC6EBD618E08@gmail.com>
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--000000000000ff470f060c90f6f2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:51=E2=80=AFAM Peter A Barlow <peterbarlow2000@gm= ail.com> wrote: > I=E2=80=99m looking at running FreeBSD on an old Firebox M270. > It has a C3558 CPU with integrated X553 LAN controller which connects ove= r > MDIO to a Marvell 88E6190 switch. > Out of the box the X553 backplane is detected but there doesn=E2=80=99t s= eem to be > any attempt at probing the MDIO for connected devices. > > I=E2=80=99ve played around with the Intel ixgbe drivers, compiling the ke= rnel etc > to see if I can figure it out but I=E2=80=99m really struggling to unders= tand 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 a= dditions > 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. > I found this thread: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/154974/pfsense-on-watchguard-m270/112 I think the TL;DR is that you need pfSense Plus since the required software to get it to work isn't publicly available. - Eric --000000000000ff470f060c90f6f2 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:51=E2=80=AFAM = Peter A Barlow <<a href=3D"mailto:peterbarlow2000@gmail.com">peterbarlow= 2000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquo= te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px = solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I=E2=80=99m looking at running Fre= eBSD on an old Firebox M270. <br> It has a C3558 CPU with integrated X553 LAN controller which connects over = MDIO to a Marvell 88E6190 switch.<br> Out of the box the X553 backplane is detected but there doesn=E2=80=99t see= m to be any attempt at probing the MDIO for connected devices.<br> <br> I=E2=80=99ve played around with the Intel ixgbe drivers, compiling the kern= el etc to see if I can figure it out but I=E2=80=99m really struggling to u= nderstand what needs to be done.<br> <br> At this stage I=E2=80=99m reaching out to the community to see if anyone ca= n clarify something for me=E2=80=A6.are there some fundamental changes or a= dditions required to the drivers to make this work, or is it something that= should work already but needs some options enabling or configurations twea= king. 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.<br> <br> Any pointers would be very welcome.<br> Thank you.<br></blockquote><div><br></div>I found this thread:=C2=A0<a href= =3D"https://forum.netgate.com/topic/154974/pfsense-on-watchguard-m270/112">= https://forum.netgate.com/topic/154974/pfsense-on-watchguard-m270/112</a><d= iv><br></div><div>I think the TL;DR is that you need pfSense Plus since the= required software to get it to work isn't publicly available.</div><di= v><br></div><div>- Eric=C2=A0</div></div></div> --000000000000ff470f060c90f6f2--
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