dell optiplex 3040 issues with aes-ni ?

stephenw10

Mmm, the most likely thing is it's disabled in the BIOS but you say there's no setting for it?

You see the module loaded i the kldstat output? There's nothing else required on the pfSense end.

Steve

wheelhouse20

@stephenw10 sorry im still learning, where do i need to look for the kldstat output ?

stephenw10

You can run kldstat from the webgui in Diag > Command Prompt.

Or you can run it from the command line like:

[22.01-RELEASE][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root: kldstat
Id Refs Address                Size Name
 1   36 0xffffffff80200000  3aefff8 kernel
 2    1 0xffffffff83cf1000     1d00 sg5100.ko
 3    1 0xffffffff83cf3000   39ae70 zfs.ko
 4    2 0xffffffff8408e000     9860 opensolaris.ko
 5    1 0xffffffff84098000     3980 wbwd.ko
 6    2 0xffffffff8409c000     5d98 superio.ko
 7    1 0xffffffff84321000     1000 cpuctl.ko
 8    1 0xffffffff84322000     8e10 aesni.ko
 9    1 0xffffffff8432b000      bf8 coretemp.ko
10    1 0xffffffff8432c000    275c8 ipfw.ko
11    1 0xffffffff84354000    11aa8 dummynet.ko

Steve

wheelhouse20

@stephenw10 said in dell optiplex 3040 issues with aes-ni ?:

kldstat

this is what it gave me.

Id Refs Address Size Name
1 10 0xffffffff80200000 3aed878 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff83cee000 39adb0 zfs.ko
3 2 0xffffffff84089000 9860 opensolaris.ko

stephenw10

Hmm, so it's not loaded. What do you have set in Sys > Adv > Misc for crypto hardware?

Steve

wheelhouse20

@stephenw10 i have it set to AES-NI cpu based acceleration.

stephenw10

Hmm, OK try this:

cat /boot/loader.conf

You should see see the loader line that cause aes-ni to be loaded at boot.

You can also try manually loading it:

kldload aesni.ko

Steve

wheelhouse20

@stephenw10
Shell Output - cat /boot/loader.conf
autoboot_delay="3"
net.link.ifqmaxlen="128"

Shell Output - kldload aesni.ko
kldload: can't load aesni.ko: No such file or directory

maybe its some thing to do with dells bios or not supported.

stephenw10

Hmm try the full path:

kldload /boot/kernel/aesni.ko

You are running 2.5.2 or 2.6 I assume?

Steve

wheelhouse20

@stephenw10 Hello im running 2.6 i tried kldload /boot/kernel/aesni.ko and got this kldload: can't load /boot/kernel/aesni.ko: No such file or directory.
should i do a reinstall to see if it fixes the issue ?

thanks for you help

Paul

wheelhouse20

@stephenw10 i did a reinstall of 2.5.2 on a samsung ssd after playing a round in the bios and it cam up as active in the end , i ve now updated to 2.6 and still is showing as active.

Id Refs Address Size Name
1 20 0xffffffff80200000 3aed878 kernel
2 1 0xffffffff83cee000 3bd370 zfs.ko
3 2 0xffffffff840ac000 a448 opensolaris.ko
4 1 0xffffffff84321000 1000 cpuctl.ko
5 1 0xffffffff84322000 2150 acpi_wmi.ko
6 1 0xffffffff84325000 8e10 aesni.ko
7 1 0xffffffff8432e000 bf8 coretemp.ko

Thank you for your help

Paul

stephenw10

Nice.
Weird, it looks like somehow that file really wasn't present. I have no idea how that could be possible though.

Steve

Cybermaze

@wheelhouse20 BIOS is version 1.17.1.

wheelhouse20

@cybermaze im on 1.18.1

Cybermaze

@wheelhouse20 yes, I know there is a newer version, haven't updated yet.