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    Is the Broadcom BCM957414A4142CC (BCM57414) 25G NIC supported?

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Hmm, damn. Can you try loading any of those into a 2.7 snapshot?

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        Yves_ @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 This is from the system I used to compile the driver

        root@freebsd-12-3-stable:~ # kldload /boot/kernel/if_bnxt.ko
        root@freebsd-12-3-stable:~ # kldstat -v | grep if_bnxt
         5    1 0xffffffff82725000    162a0 if_bnxt.ko (/boot/kernel/if_bnxt.ko)
        root@freebsd-12-3-stable:~ # ls -lh /boot/kernel/if_bn*
        -r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   225K Jul 27 18:33 /boot/kernel/if_bnxt.ko
        

        As you can see it worked to load it on this system the drivers was compiled :-(

        I will start a VM with 2.7 snapshot and try to load it into that one.

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          Yves_ @Yves_
          last edited by

          @yves_ Or you can try the file yourself if_bnxt.ko

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Shows as deleted. What was/is that compiled against?

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              Yves_ @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 sorry, stupid file provider :-) here you go: if_bnxt.zip its compiled against

              FreeBSD freebsd-12-3-stable 12.3-STABLE FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE GENERIC  amd64
              
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                Yves_ @Yves_
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                @yves_ can I compile it on 2.6.0? some how? how do I get the source inside of the /usr/src folder? its currently empty

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  Mmm, still fails in 2.7.

                  Compiling pfSense is non-trivial. There are some guides about if you search but it's not something I can go into detail on here.

                  Steve

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                    Yves_ @stephenw10
                    last edited by Yves_

                    @stephenw10 okay... not compiling pfsense... more compiling the driver ON pfsense. Like this is would be compiled against the FreeBSD from pfSense

                    What workaround do we have else? is there a possibility to always run a script as soon as pfsense is booted up which runs this command

                    ifconfig bnxt0 promisc
                    
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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                      Yes, you can definitely do that:
                      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/boot-commands.html#shellcmd-option

                      Steve

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                        Yves_ @stephenw10
                        last edited by Yves_

                        @stephenw10 Okay, I did that. Worked out flawlessly. Now the Server also survives a reboot. But I still like to fix the driver somehow 😆

                        The tutorial says "When doing this, install a version of FreeBSD that matches up with the version of pfSense software currently in use. A list can be found here: Versions of pfSense software and FreeBSD"

                        According to the data table is is: 12.3-STABLE@ef1e43df92c6 now the big question is where can I get excatly that version of 12.3-STABLE... or is it possible that it does not matter at all, since it is linked in the kernel module?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                          Yeah it seems that driver is linked to the kernel in a closer way than others.

                          When we move to a newer FreeBSD version you should get that patch anyway.

                          Steve

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