Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:39:33 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Pauchet?= <remi.pauchet@netasq.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: ixgbe and ixgbevf drivers are not working in virtualization environment Message-ID: <792D5931-19E7-4239-A3E8-5D2BC90F03FD@netasq.com>
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Hi, 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) ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.3.11> mem 0xd2420000-0xd243ffff,0xd2400000-0xd2403fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3 ix0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO> ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier I have also tested with XenServer 6, using SR-IOV (ixgbevf driver) with the same result: the driver is loading, but no link detected. In both case (VMWare DirectPath and XenServer SR-IOV), I tested Linux with success. 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 I've found a forum thread with the same issue: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29855 and no answer :) Please find in attachment the dmesg (boot -v) with the ix driver compiled with DEBUG flags using vmware. Can anyone provide feedback about this issue ? Regards, Rémi Pauchet
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