pfSense Newbie Needing Solarflare Card Help
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Mmm, are you trying to update the firmware with that ISO?
What happens if you boot/install pfSense? Dies it recognise the NICs?
Steve
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@luckman212 Hi luckman - it is supported - Operating Systems
RHEL 5, 6, 7, MRG; SLES 10, 11, 12, SLERT; Debian 6.0, 7.0; Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 10.04 LTS, 14.10; other Linux; Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2; XenServer 6.2, 6.5; FreeBSD 10.x +MacWarrior
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@stephenw10 Hi Stephen - When I do a normal boot and check "Interfaces" it is not in the list. I doubled and tripled check that it is in the correct PCI slot for my motherboard. I was trying to load the drivers and firmware with the ISO but I don't know how to get into the mode I need to through the ISO boot. I also tried to load the files singly through "Shell" but it doesn't recognize the commands that I put in.
MacWarrior
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Boot into pfSense and run at the command line:
pciconf -lv
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ifconfig -vvaDoes it show the interfaces or the device itself?
If it doesn't check the boot log for driver attach failures.
It may simply not be supported by the included drivers. The PCI device IDs should tell us that.
Steve
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@macwarrior I stand corrected- didn't see it when I did a quick search.
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It still might require their own driver or similar...
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Supported devices seem to be these:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_6_0/sys/dev/sfxge/common/efx.h#L90By the sfxge(4) driver anyway.
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@stephenw10 -
pciconf -lvnone2@pci0:59:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x800f1924 chip=0x09231924 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Solarflare Communications' device = 'SFC9140 10/40G Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernet none3@pci0:59:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x800f1924 chip=0x09231924 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Solarflare Communications' device = 'SFC9140 10/40G Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernet none4@pci0:59:0:2: class=0x020000 card=0x800f1924 chip=0x09231924 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Solarflare Communications' device = 'SFC9140 10/40G Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernet none5@pci0:59:0:3: class=0x020000 card=0x800f1924 chip=0x09231924 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Solarflare Communications' device = 'SFC9140 10/40G Ethernet Controller' class = network subclass = ethernetifconfig -vva
igc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 description: WAN options=e120bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> ether f0:************:77 inet6 fe80::*************:2f77%igc0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 inet 100.*********** netmask 0xffffe000 broadcast 100.************ media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) status: active nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> igc1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=e120bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> ether f0:****************:76 inet6 fe80::***************:2f76%igc1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet6 fe80::******%igc1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 inet 10.********** netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.*********** media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>) status: active nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536 groups: enc nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384 options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6> inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 groups: lo nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160 groups: pflog pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500 groups: pfsyncMacWarrior
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@luckman212 No problem. I understand.
MacWarrior
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@stephenw10 - Here is the download site I was at:
https://support-nic.xilinx.com/wp/drivers#
MacWarrior
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@stephenw10 - Looks like a new bootable just came out today.
MW
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Hmm well 0923:1924 looks like it should be supported by the sfxge driver in 2.5.2:
https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_5_0/sys/dev/sfxge/common/efx.h#L100
So I would be checking the boot log for errors to see why it doesn't attach.I don't see any FreeBSD drivers at the Xilinx site and if there were they would need to be compiled and transferred. Much better to use the native drivers if you can.
Steve
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Here are the only errors I'm seeing in the OS Boot Log:
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff8073dd40, 0) error 1
ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff8073ddf0, 0) error 1
ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff8073dea0, 0) error 1
iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80765730, 0) error 1
iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff807657e0, 0) error 1
iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff80765890, 0) error 1
wlan: mac acl policy registered
random: entropy device external interface
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff8140c3e0, 0) error 19And when I search for Solarflare in the log, it doesn't show anything.
Also, I looked at the link you gave me. I have some computer knowledge but not enough to know how to load this onto my pfSense computer. Is it as simple as copying & pasting into the Shell or something else? Thank you for your help.
MacWarrior
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Ah, I had thought this was in-kernel already but it looks like it's built as a module. So do this:
[2.5.2-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: kldload sfxgeThen check it's loaded with:
[2.5.2-RELEASE][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: kldstat Id Refs Address Size Name 1 18 0xffffffff80200000 3aea720 kernel 2 1 0xffffffff83ceb000 2e60 smb.ko 3 3 0xffffffff83cee000 2ef0 smbus.ko 4 1 0xffffffff83cf2000 61c0 ichsmb.ko 5 1 0xffffffff83cf9000 1ae8 mdio.ko 6 1 0xffffffff83f21000 1000 cpuctl.ko 7 1 0xffffffff83f22000 8cb0 aesni.ko 8 1 0xffffffff83f2b000 b28 coretemp.ko 9 1 0xffffffff83f2c000 7d0c0 sfxge.koYou'll probably see a bunch of other messages as it attaches to the NICs.
If they then appear in ifconfig you can add it as a loader variable so it loads at every boot.
Steve
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@stephenw10 - I believe that was the fix. It is now showing up in my interfaces. I am going to do a few tests over the next couple of days and will let you know for sure.
2 other things I noticed problems with are: the Dashboard under Version always says "Unable to check for updates" and when I log in or select an item from the menu bar through the GUI it takes a very long time for it to log in and/or go to the selection from the menu bar. Sometimes as long as 45-60+ seconds. When I watch it through the terminal, it shows right away that I have logged in though. It happens with all 3 of my web browsers. Chrome, Firefox, Safari.
Thank you,
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Both those things usually indicate some lack of connectivity from pfSense itself.
Make sure it can ping from Diag > Ping but both IP and FQDN.Steve
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@stephenw10 Hi Steve, I can ping internally but when I ping outside the network, I get "Host "apple.com" did not respond or could not be resolved." Which doesn't make sense to me when I can search and get onto websites.
MW
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@macwarrior said in pfSense Newbie Needing Solarflare Card Help:
I can search and get onto websites.
That's from a client behind pfSense not pfSense itself though.
Go to Diag > DNS Lookup and make sure all the configured DNS servers are responding.
Steve
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@stephenw10 Hi Steve, 1st - in reference to adding "kldload sfxge" as a loader variable so it loads at every boot, how do I add that? I searched in the forums and docs and couldn't find how to accomplish that without screwing up my computer.
2nd - here is the strange part to me about the DNS Lookup. I used a 2nd computer I had and loaded it with pfSense with a Spectrum connection directly to the WAN and the 4 DNS Lookups work great. However, when I try it with my main 1st computer with pfSense unit hooked up to a MetroNet connection directly to my WAN, it says "No Response" to all 4 DNS Lookups. The reason I'm scratching my head is I checked every setting from my 2nd computer and compared it to the 1st computer, and it is identical to each other but I get the "No Response" on the 1st computer. Not sure what I am missing here. Thx.
MW
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To load it at boot create the file /boot/loader.conf.local then add to it the line:
if_sfxge_load=YESTry a lookup from the command line directly. First make sure it can ping out:
22.05-DEVELOPMENT][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: ping -c 2 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=0 ttl=116 time=7.352 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=116 time=7.288 ms --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 7.288/7.320/7.352/0.032 msThen try to query it:
[22.05-DEVELOPMENT][admin@apu.stevew.lan]/root: dig @8.8.8.8 google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.16.23 <<>> @8.8.8.8 google.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 36555 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;google.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: google.com. 67 IN A 172.217.16.238 ;; Query time: 7 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Tue Feb 15 13:01:47 GMT 2022 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55If that works what errors do you see trying to query the configured servers?
Steve
