From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 20:29:53 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9B983AAF for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x235.google.com (mail-wi0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::235]) (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 284DB7B8 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:29:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f181.google.com with SMTP id r20so7382236wiv.2 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:29:51 -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=MULyDK2BZe5QI3BiXJQ50o67CNYuoxbqb14QGE7DT98=; b=usLD8vD3u4UObfhvGQfB9eBlPoKta0a168pF3Zr9UP/7fjTHppNcmudvXEfXJTyKrZ fr6TCV5H7SSMo2uNMKzJWhmi12mGpvBCqwY9w/g6OtVYMCn+cQJ9KweXPUk3YCVwrGri SG/VLXoQFFEREw9hU6Pm8rD1CW8a0NPxwot4kkUkdjt72rPcZz/H7hiEseVe0zegomcv qyyNDAoyVZ48ixYKl5Fc2LobvdxC3wefzTLkUoethOn88lz1pEgFX7vnsoiY5t8v7c0j f9HuISQKQsOWxsj90Utq4DH/AUmWzr2riMWLttz6t0Kxe9cf4U9YJpa1+qID46iG/kuP EpQQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.38.76 with SMTP id e12mr9519180wik.76.1423772991324; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:29:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.194.101.106 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:29:51 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2A35EA60C3C77D438915767F458D6568806C73CA@ORSMSX111.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <2A35EA60C3C77D438915767F458D6568806C73CA@ORSMSX111.amr.corp.intel.com> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:29:51 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Was Re: FreeBSD 10.1: Intel dual port 10GbE card (82599EB) second port not present?: SFP+ on intel xl710 From: Jack Vogel To: "Pieper, Jeffrey E" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Net , Andreas Nilsson 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 20:29:53 -0000 I should add, that this possibility Jeff mentions involves a tool, not the driver, and it is not something that there is any commitment or specifics on yet. Cheers, Jack On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Pieper, Jeffrey E < jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com> wrote: > The check for supported modules in X710/XL710 is done in the FW, so > unfortunately there is nothing we can do in the driver to add that > functionality. There is a possibility that it could happen at some point, > but not in the foreseeable future. > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org] > On Behalf Of Andreas Nilsson > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 10:54 AM > To: FreeBSD Net > Subject: Was Re: FreeBSD 10.1: Intel dual port 10GbE card (82599EB) second > port not present?: SFP+ on intel xl710 > > Hello, > > the discussion about unsupported sfps on intel card got an interesting turn > today: a colleague wanted to do some pps (on linux) testing on an intel > xl710 card, but the sfps we had was not supported. > > Reading the previous thread, I suggested there might be a sysctl to accept > "other" sfps. Long story short, just for fun we booted a FreeBSD 10.1 > system, and the card was recognized ( yay! ) but still "no carrier" from > ifconfig. > > sysctl hw.ixl didn't show any tunables for "unsupported_sfp". Is this chip > more picky about the tranceivers? > > Best regards > Andreas Nilsson > _______________________________________________ > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" >