Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:38:59 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Pauchet?= <remi.pauchet@netasq.com> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ixgbe and ixgbevf drivers are not working in virtualization environment Message-ID: <B0DB1464-D65E-4856-99DD-2C688D3CC731@netasq.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFOYbcmYn_44dMc0OiTqWpvQvas1biY0AUJvxqZ_%2Bn1ZApEn4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <792D5931-19E7-4239-A3E8-5D2BC90F03FD@netasq.com> <CAFOYbcmYn_44dMc0OiTqWpvQvas1biY0AUJvxqZ_%2Bn1ZApEn4g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Unfortunately not: ix0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,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 inet 172.16.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.16.255.255 inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994e%ix0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,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:99:4f inet 172.17.255.254 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.17.255.255 inet6 fe80::2e0:edff:fe1c:994f%ix1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier Regards, Rémi Le 11 oct. 2012 à 18:25, Jack Vogel a écrit : > The ixgbe device will not get link until you have run init, so assign it an address or just do an ifconfig up. > > I have never used the driver using a passthru type setup but I believe its been done successfully if > memory serves. > > Jack > > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Rémi Pauchet <remi.pauchet@netasq.com> wrote: > 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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