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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
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Hi,

Unfortunately not:

ix0: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu =
1500
	=
options=3D401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSU=
M,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=20
	nd6 options=3D29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
ix1: flags=3D8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu =
1500
	=
options=3D401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSU=
M,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=20
	nd6 options=3D29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
	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 =
<remi.pauchet@netasq.com> 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: <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
>=20
> ix0: flags=3D8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
>         =
options=3D401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSU=
M,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
>         ether 00:e0:ed:1c:99:4e
>         nd6 options=3D29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
>         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


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