From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 17 07:42:07 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DA7B13F for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:42:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remi.pauchet@netasq.com) Received: from work.netasq.com (gwlille.netasq.com [91.212.116.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01798FC16 for ; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:42:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.2.9.2] (unknown [91.212.116.2]) by work.netasq.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8917027053AC; Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:42:04 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: ixgbe and ixgbevf drivers are not working in virtualization environment Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_1D8C5446-7BBA-41AB-B251-E7E24D126B93"; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Pauchet?= In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:42:03 +0200 Message-Id: References: <792D5931-19E7-4239-A3E8-5D2BC90F03FD@netasq.com> To: Jack Vogel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:42:07 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_1D8C5446-7BBA-41AB-B251-E7E24D126B93 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi My interface is configured, UP and running and I still can't get a link Can you help me with this issue ? Regards, R=E9mi Le 12 oct. 2012 =E0 09:38, R=E9mi Pauchet a =E9crit : > Hi, >=20 > Unfortunately not: >=20 > ix0: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu = 1500 > = options=3D401bb > ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e > inet 172.16.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.16.255.255 > inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994e%ix0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2=20 > nd6 options=3D29 > media: Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier > ix1: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu = 1500 > = options=3D401bb > ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4f > inet 172.17.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.17.255.255 > inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3=20 > nd6 options=3D29 > media: Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier >=20 > Regards, > R=E9mi >=20 > Le 11 oct. 2012 =E0 18:25, Jack Vogel a =E9crit : >=20 >> The ixgbe device will not get link until you have run init, so assign = it an address or just do an ifconfig up. >>=20 >> I have never used the driver using a passthru type setup but I = believe its been done successfully if >> memory serves. >>=20 >> Jack >>=20 >>=20 >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:39 AM, R=E9mi Pauchet = wrote: >> Hi, >>=20 >> I'm trying to use the ixgbe (10Gb) driver in a FreeBSD virtual = machine on an esxi 5 using DirectPath (PCI Passthrough) and the card is = detected, but I can't get a link (status: no carrier) >>=20 >> ix0: mem 0xd2420000-0xd243ffff,0xd2400000-0xd2403fff irq 18 at device = 0.0 on pci3 >>=20 >> ix0: flags=3D8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 >> = options=3D401bb >> ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e >> nd6 options=3D29 >> media: Ethernet autoselect >> status: no carrier >>=20 >> I have also tested with XenServer 6, using SR-IOV (ixgbevf driver) = with the same result: the driver is loading, but no link detected. >>=20 >> In both case (VMWare DirectPath and XenServer SR-IOV), I tested Linux = with success. >>=20 >>=20 >> The card is an Intel 82599EB, the motherboard is an Intel X58 = (supermicro X8ST3) with a Xeon W3680 and I've tested FreeBSD 8.3 and 9.0 >>=20 >> I've found a forum thread with the same issue: = http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D29855 and no answer :) >>=20 >>=20 >> Please find in attachment the dmesg (boot -v) with the ix driver = compiled with DEBUG flags using vmware. >>=20 >>=20 >> Can anyone provide feedback about this issue ? >>=20 >> Regards, >> R=E9mi Pauchet >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_1D8C5446-7BBA-41AB-B251-E7E24D126B93--