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Subject: ixgbe -- how can I use unsupported SFPs?
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I added to my /boot/loader.conf:
hw.ixgbe.allow_unsupported_sfp=1

Yet when I reboot, I still get:
Apr 16 23:29:04 kiwi kernel: ix3: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express 
Network Driver, Version - 2.5.7 - STABLE/9> port 0xdf40-0xdf5f mem 
0xf8e80000-0xf8efffff,0xf8f78000-0xf8f7bfff irq 37 at device 0.1 on pci4
Apr 16 23:29:04 kiwi kernel: ix3: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors
Apr 16 23:29:04 kiwi kernel: ix3: Unsupported SFP+ Module
Apr 16 23:29:04 kiwi kernel: device_attach: ix3 attach returned 5


I was attempting to follow this advice:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/attachments/20100610/61a9127c/ixgbe-sfp.obj


Will setting a value in the loader.conf file 'set' the 
allow_unsupported_sfp bool to TRUE?  Here is the code:

# grep allow_unsupported_sfp /usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/*
/usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_phy.c:                             if 
(hw->allow_unsupported_sfp == TRUE) {
/usr/src/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h:    bool allow_unsupported_sfp;


Advice?

Rudy