From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 12 07:39:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77A5077A for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:39:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remi.pauchet@netasq.com) Received: from work.netasq.com (gwlille.netasq.com [91.212.116.1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECCC78FC12 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:39:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.2.9.2] (unknown [91.212.116.2]) by work.netasq.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CAAA32704ACA; Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:39:00 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: ixgbe and ixgbevf drivers are not working in virtualization environment Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_50966ACF-B5F3-4459-8A0B-B5B7E190FCF3"; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha1 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Pauchet?= In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:38:59 +0200 Message-Id: References: <792D5931-19E7-4239-A3E8-5D2BC90F03FD@netasq.com> To: Jack Vogel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:39:08 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_50966ACF-B5F3-4459-8A0B-B5B7E190FCF3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi, Unfortunately not: ix0: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu = 1500 = options=3D401bb 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=20 nd6 options=3D29 media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier ix1: flags=3D8843 metric 0 mtu = 1500 = options=3D401bb 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=20 nd6 options=3D29 media: Ethernet autoselect status: no carrier Regards, R=E9mi Le 11 oct. 2012 =E0 18:25, Jack Vogel a =E9crit : > The ixgbe device will not get link until you have run init, so assign = it an address or just do an ifconfig up. >=20 > I have never used the driver using a passthru type setup but I believe = its been done successfully if > memory serves. >=20 > Jack >=20 >=20 > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 8:39 AM, R=E9mi Pauchet = wrote: > Hi, >=20 > 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) >=20 > ix0: = mem 0xd2420000-0xd243ffff,0xd2400000-0xd2403fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on = pci3 >=20 > ix0: flags=3D8802 metric 0 mtu 1500 > = options=3D401bb > ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e > nd6 options=3D29 > media: Ethernet autoselect > status: no carrier >=20 > I have also tested with XenServer 6, using SR-IOV (ixgbevf driver) = with the same result: the driver is loading, but no link detected. >=20 > In both case (VMWare DirectPath and XenServer SR-IOV), I tested Linux = with success. >=20 >=20 > 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 >=20 > I've found a forum thread with the same issue: = http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3D29855 and no answer :) >=20 >=20 > Please find in attachment the dmesg (boot -v) with the ix driver = compiled with DEBUG flags using vmware. >=20 >=20 > Can anyone provide feedback about this issue ? >=20 > Regards, > R=E9mi Pauchet >=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_50966ACF-B5F3-4459-8A0B-B5B7E190FCF3--