From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 16:11:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86823D0B for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x229.google.com (mail-wg0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 170DC7E6 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:11:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id b13so11169109wgh.0 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:11:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=DXaAZzv3cbhnAy6rRk745QMak39bY5nLfdTvAunzw00=; b=jlKecthms1LJu2mBpUG8cEM19i2hlKPJ9w0yVBQXfQgl+GfIhrfi9T2R36xyMhfq43 AIOtYaTnw/VefbBdhzB/o2BRy+9umYQMgvax55Fy9oZOBDUlvBUeckYQX3mwIza2pkZZ ssZcV8RkUEKJEio+8zMEkdpfU9f00xbo8bkMD7hJaWVOsQObIdJxoipqKhIuwvvnC30D C8LF5lu3dHWvY/cgZK5r09Zfot19i71boH1hSwy3Bgh2NtPGAlVlAppYgEs9HhW/6plU 0AntdzvukKye3oS9YOPb3j7AFI2s/I81ukirP+jzFm8c7a0E+hvJvS4PtyuUzfFRsq78 B4Dw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.95.162 with SMTP id dl2mr7502727wib.31.1423757498945; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:11:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.101.106 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:11:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <54DCB8F2.5090809@gmail.com> References: <54DCB8F2.5090809@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:11:38 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1: Intel dual port 10GbE card (82599EB) second port not present? (Steven Hartland) From: Jack Vogel To: John Jasen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Net X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:11:41 -0000 On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 6:30 AM, John Jasen wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:47:15 +0000 > > From: Steven Hartland > > To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10.1: Intel dual port 10GbE card (82599EB): > > second port not present? > > Message-ID: <54DBBFD3.7010801@multiplay.co.uk> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > > > > Your problem looks like its the SFP's which are "unsupported" to which > > the attach will fail with error EIO (5). > > > > You can set hw.ix.unsupported_sfp=1 in /boot/loader.conf to enable > > unsupported SFP's but be aware you "doing so your on your own". > > Thanks! hw.ix.unsupported_sfp=1 corrected the immediate problem. > > The network port that didn't come up does not yet have an SFP module > installed > > It seems the default behavior in FreeBSD is to not have the interface > available until a SFP is inserted. While a corner case, this does make > configuration prior to installation a bit more annoying. > > > Well, exactly what use would there be in having it "available" with no media, its like saying you want your car available with no wheels :) The media can make operation quite different, it could be copper it could be fiber, the driver won't know until there is something actually present, hence it cannot really do "init" until then. Jack > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >