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Date:      Fri, 12 Dec 2025 13:11:09 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Markus Mayer <code@mmayer.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: NetXtreme II BCM57810 10 Gigabit Ethernet From
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2025, Markus Mayer wrote:

> Box 3:
>
> $ ifconfig bxe0
> bxe0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> options=527bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO>
> 	ether 98:b7:85:20:f8:ed
> 	media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
> 	status: no carrier
> 	nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>
> Any thoughts on what might be going on? Any ideas how to troubleshoot this?

I have no experience with bxe but it seems it doesn't recognize the SFP+.

But given it says:
 	bxe0: Found 10Gb Fiber media.
 	bxe0: IFMEDIA flags : 20

That should be:
 	  13853         sc->media = IFM_1000_SX;
 	and IFM_ETHER

The latter ocnfuses me.


What does
 	ifconfig -v -m bxe0
show on box3?


What happens if you re-plug the SFP+ once the box is up and running?

Also, is there a cable attached and the link supposed to be up?


Just random ideas; my 5 Pfennig.

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                                     r15:7


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