2.5GB LAN and WAN with RTL8125BG cards

[stephenw10]

I don't see it listed explicitly in the 1.97 driver version that the realtek-re-kmod pkg we carry uses. We'd need to see the actual PCI IDs to know for sure.

[mark_lab_user]

@stephenw10 I ordered 2 TP-LINK TX201 Nic cards.
Installed one in my pfSense motherboard, replacing the TP-Link 1 Gbit card.
Put the other card in my desktop machine running Linux 5.15.0-72-generic kernel.

iperf3 -c 192.168.20.1
Connecting to host 192.168.20.1, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.20.153 port 35082 connected to 192.168.20.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   283 MBytes  2.37 Gbits/sec    0    731 KBytes       
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   278 MBytes  2.33 Gbits/sec    0    769 KBytes       
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec    0    769 KBytes       
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0   1.01 MBytes       
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec    0   1.07 MBytes       
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0   1.07 MBytes       
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec    0   1.07 MBytes       
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0   1.07 MBytes       
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   280 MBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0   1.07 MBytes       
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   281 MBytes  2.36 Gbits/sec    0   1.07 MBytes       
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.74 GBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  2.74 GBytes  2.35 Gbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

Prior to all this I installed realtek-re-kmod-198.00_1 driver and ran the 1GB card for a day with no problems

Also...

pciconf -l | grep re0
re0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x04 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10ec device=0x8125 subvendor=0x10ec subdevice=0x8125

and

ifconfig re0
re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
        description: LAN
        options=201b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,WOL_MAGIC>
        ether 48:22:de:ad:be:ef:90
        inet6 fe80::4a22:beef:dead:f890%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        inet6 fe80::1:1%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
        inet 192.168.20.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
        media: Ethernet autoselect (2500Base-T <full-duplex>)
        status: active
        nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

[Dobby_]

@mark_lab_user said in 2.5GB LAN and WAN with RTL8125BG cards:

I ordered 2 TP-LINK TX201 Nic cards.

At first I would say thank you to provide and
share your results and findings with the
community.

Installed one in my pfSense motherboard, replacing the TP-Link 1 Gbit card.

And there you were installing pfSense 23.05
or 2.6 or 2.7? Is it bare metal or as a VM host?

Did you add the following lines in the /boot/loader.conf.local ?

echo 'if_re_load="YES"' 
echo 'if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"'

[mark_lab_user]

bare metal 23.05 and yes regarding the loader.conf file.

[leofire0479]

Hi, I'm also having a similar problem, my mini pc has a Realtek 8111G (seems to work perfectly out of the box at ~950mbps) and a realtek 8125BG pcie card (doesn't get detected).
I have tried installing drivers 198.00_1:

pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-198.00_1.pkg

I also added the following lines to the boot/loader.conf.local file:

if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"

The problem still persists, I checked the OS Boot Logs and the 8125BG card is not detected, while the 8111G is detected correctly:

re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xfe900000-0xfe900fff,0xd0800000-0xd0803fff irq 28 at device 0.0 on pci2

When I installed the realtek-re-kmod package I got this error, without knowing how to fix it I just ignored it:

/root: pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/latest/All/realtek-re-kmod-198.00_1.pkg
Fetching realtek-re-kmod-198.00_1.pkg: 100% 97 KiB 98.8kB/s 00:01    
Installing realtek-re-kmod-198.00_1...
Newer FreeBSD version for package realtek-re-kmod:
To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes
- package: 1204000
- running kernel: 1203500
Ignore the mismatch and continue? [y/N]: y

I am using FreeBSD 12.3 and PFsense 2.6.0, but if necessary I can upgrade to 2.7 beta.

Would you know how to help me get this 8125BG working?
Thank you and have a nice day.

Leo

[stephenw10]

Run pciconf -lv and make sure the NIC is seen on the PCI bus.

[mark_lab_user]

Because I am running pfSense 23.05-RELEASE which use what I assume is a customized FREEBSD-CURRENT from the NetGate tree, it is hard to say if pfSense 2.6 and/or FreeBSD 12.3 is a factor.

Unfortuneately RealTek don't seem to interested in drivers expect for Linux and Windoze. Too bad because they produce a high quality consumer grade product line and have a huge market share in MOBO's and NIC's and SOHO Switches. The big MOBO manuafacturers would not put there trust in RealTek chips unless they felt extremely comfortable with the chip set.

NetGate wants everyone to use Intel NIC's but that is just not realistic. The other option is to virtualize pfSense under something rock solid like ProxMox and the the Linux drivers will do the heavy lifting and always work.

[leofire0479]

@stephenw10 yes the NIC is seen by the PCI bus:

none1@pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x012310ec chip=0x812510ec rev=0x05 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
    device     = 'RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet

@mark_lab_user I understand, I always heard that Intel NICs are better supported, but let's say my budget is very low and when I saw this card for 7€ on Amazon (price mistake lasted few minutes) I bought it without thinking too much. Thanks for suggesting to use Proxmox, I will keep it as option b, I don't want to keep too much load on my AMD GX-222GC, and also I read that virtualizing PFsense is not considered a good practice.

[stephenw10]

Check the boot log to make sure it's actually loading the driver and using it for the other NIC. It should show the driver version if it loads like:

May 28 15:12:32 	kernel 		re0: version:1.97.00 

[leofire0479]

@stephenw10 I didn't find anything similar to what you mentioned; to be sure, I'll send you the boot logs:

[2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: dmesg -a
---<<BOOT>>---
Copyright (c) 1992-2021 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE RELENG_2_6_0-n226742-1285d6d205f pfSense amd64
FreeBSD clang version 10.0.1 (git@github.com:llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-10.0.1-0-gef32c611aa2)
VT(vga): resolution 640x480
CPU: AMD GX-222GC SOC with Radeon(TM) R5E Graphics   (2195.93-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="AuthenticAMD"  Id=0x730f01  Family=0x16  Model=0x30  Stepping=1
  Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
  Features2=0x7ed8220b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1d4037ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,WDT,Topology,PNXC,DBE,PTSC,PL2I>
  Structured Extended Features=0x8<BMI1>
  XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
  SVM: NP,NRIP,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=8
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
avail memory = 7890386944 (7524 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <FTS    D3313-G1>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
random: unblocking device.
Firmware Warning (ACPI): Optional FADT field Pm2ControlBlock has valid Length but zero Address: 0x0000000000000000/0x1 (20200430/tbfadt-796)
ioapic0 <Version 2.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
ioapic1 <Version 2.1> irqs 24-55 on motherboard
Launching APs: 1
Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1097964233 Hz quality 1000
random: entropy device external interface
ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff80739000, 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, 0xffffffff807390b0, 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, 0xffffffff80739160, 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, 0xffffffff807609f0, 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, 0xffffffff80760aa0, 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, 0xffffffff80760b50, 0) error 1
wlan: mac acl policy registered
WARNING: Device "g_ctl" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 14.0.
WARNING: Device "pci" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 14.0.
module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff8140a210, 0) error 19
WARNING: Device "kbd" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 14.0.
kbd1 at kbdmux0
[ath_hal] loaded
random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
WARNING: Device "spkr" is Giant locked and may be deleted before FreeBSD 14.0.
000.000054 [4344] netmap_init               netmap: loaded module
mlx5en: Mellanox Ethernet driver 3.6.0 (December 2020)
nexus0
vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
acpi0: <FTS D3313-G1> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 on acpi0
atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff irq 0,8 on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xf000-0xf0ff mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff,0xd0000000-0xd07fffff,0xfeb00000-0xfeb3ffff irq 44 at device 1.0 on pci0
vgapci0: Boot video device
hdac0: <ATI (0x9840) HDA Controller> mem 0xfeb64000-0xfeb67fff irq 45 at device 1.1 on pci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 24 at device 2.1 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
pci1: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 25 at device 2.2 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xfe900000-0xfe900fff,0xd0800000-0xd0803fff irq 28 at device 0.0 on pci2
re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
re0: ASPM disabled
re0: Chip rev. 0x4c000000
re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
miibus0: <MII bus> on re0
rgephy0: <RTL8251/8153 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048
re0: Ethernet address: xxx
re0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
pci0: <encrypt/decrypt> at device 8.0 (no driver attached)
xhci0: <AMD FCH USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xfeb68000-0xfeb69fff irq 18 at device 16.0 on pci0
xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
usbus0 on xhci0
usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
ahci0: <AMD Hudson-2 AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf140-0xf147,0xf130-0xf133,0xf120-0xf127,0xf110-0xf113,0xf100-0xf10f mem 0xfeb6e000-0xfeb6e3ff irq 19 at device 17.0 on pci0
ahci0: AHCI v1.30 with 2 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
ehci0: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfeb6d000-0xfeb6d0ff irq 18 at device 18.0 on pci0
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1 on ehci0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ehci1: <AMD FCH USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xfeb6c000-0xfeb6c0ff irq 18 at device 19.0 on pci0
usbus2: EHCI version 1.0
usbus2 on ehci1
usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
hdac1: <AMD Hudson-2 HDA Controller> mem 0xfeb60000-0xfeb63fff irq 16 at device 20.2 on pci0
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
orm0: <ISA Option ROM> at iomem 0xcf000-0xcffff pnpid ORM0000 on isa0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
hwpstate0: <Cool`n'Quiet 2.0> on cpu0
ZFS filesystem version: 5
ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
hdacc0: <ATI R6xx HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
hdaa0: <ATI R6xx Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
pcm0: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 3 on hdaa0
pcm1: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
hdacc1: <Realtek ALC671 HDA CODEC> at cad 2 on hdac1
hdaa1: <Realtek ALC671 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
pcm2: <Realtek ALC671 (Analog)> at nid 23 and 24 on hdaa1
pcm3: <Realtek ALC671 (Front Analog)> at nid 20 and 25 on hdaa1
pcm4: <Realtek ALC671 (Rear Analog Line-out)> at nid 33 on hdaa1
ugen2.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus2
ugen0.1: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
uhub0: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
uhub1: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ugen1.1: <AMD EHCI root HUB> at usbus1
uhub2: <AMD EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
Trying to mount root from zfs:pfSense/ROOT/default []...
Root mount waiting for: usbus0 CAM usbus1 usbus2
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus0 CAM usbus1 usbus2
ugen0.2: <Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN> at usbus0
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ugen1.2: <vendor 0x0438 product 0x7900> at usbus1
uhub3 on uhub2
uhub3: <vendor 0x0438 product 0x7900, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.18, addr 2> on usbus1
ugen2.2: <vendor 0x0438 product 0x7900> at usbus2
uhub4 on uhub0
uhub4: <vendor 0x0438 product 0x7900, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.18, addr 2> on usbus2
Root mount waiting for: CAM usbus1 usbus2
uhub3: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
uhub4: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
Root mount waiting for: CAM
ada0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <Innodisk DEMSR- 08GB mSATA 3ME3 S16425G3> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device
ada0: Serial Number 20180523AAAA111000A9
ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 512bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 7628MB (15622144 512 byte sectors)
Configuring crash dumps...
No suitable dump device was found.
Filesystems are clean, continuing...
Mounting filesystems...

        __
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| '_ \134| |_/ __|/ _ \134 '_ \134/ __|/ _ \134
| |_) |  _\134__ \134  __/ | | \134__ \134  __/
| .__/|_| |___/\134___|_| |_|___/\134___|
|_|


Welcome to pfSense 2.6.0-RELEASE...

Dump device does not exist.  Savecore not run.
...ELF ldconfig path: /lib /usr/lib /usr/lib/compat /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/compat/pkg /usr/local/lib/ipsec /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.32/mach/CORE
32-bit compatibility ldconfig path:
done.
>>> Removing vital flag from php74... done.
External config loader 1.0 is now starting... ada0p1 ada0p2 ada0p3
Launching the init system...Updating CPU Microcode...
CPU: AMD GX-222GC SOC with Radeon(TM) R5E Graphics   (2195.93-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="AuthenticAMD"  Id=0x730f01  Family=0x16  Model=0x30  Stepping=1
  Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
  Features2=0x7ed8220b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1d4037ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,IBS,SKINIT,WDT,Topology,PNXC,DBE,PTSC,PL2I>
  Structured Extended Features=0x8<BMI1>
  XSAVE Features=0x1<XSAVEOPT>
  SVM: NP,NRIP,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=8
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
Done.
.... done.
Initializing.................. done.
Starting device manager (devd)...
intsmb0: <AMD FCH SMBus Controller> at device 20.0 on pci0
smbus0: <System Management Bus> on intsmb0
ure0 on uhub1
ure0: <Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN, class 0/0, rev 3.00/31.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ure0: unknown version 0x6010
miibus1: <MII bus> on ure0
rgephy1: <RTL8251/8153 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 0 on miibus1
rgephy1:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on ure0
ue0: Ethernet address: xxx
done.
Loading configuration......done.
Updating configuration...done.
Checking config backups consistency.................................done.
Setting up extended sysctls...done.
Setting timezone...done.
Configuring loopback interface...
lo0: link state changed to UP
done.
Starting syslog...done.
Starting Secure Shell Services...done.
Setting up interfaces microcode...done.
Configuring loopback interface...done.
Configuring LAN interface...
ue0: link state changed to DOWN
done.
Configuring WAN interface...
re0: link state changed to DOWN
re0: link state changed to UP
done.
Configuring CARP settings...done.
Syncing OpenVPN settings...done.
pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
Configuring firewall......done.
Starting PFLOG...done.
Setting up gateway monitors...done.
Setting up static routes...done.
Setting up DNSs...
Starting DNS Resolver...done.
Synchronizing user settings...done.
Configuring CRON...done.
Bootstrapping clock...done.
Starting NTP Server...done.
Starting webConfigurator...done.
Starting DHCP service...done.
Starting DHCPv6 service...done.
Configuring firewall......done.
Generating RRD graphs...done.
Starting syslog...done.
Starting CRON... done.
pfSense 2.6.0-RELEASE amd64 Mon Jan 31 19:57:53 UTC 2022
Bootup complete

[stephenw10]

Doesn't look like the driver is loading.
Make sure the two lines are correct in loader.conf.local.
Check the console output from the boot loader. It should show the modules being loaded or some error if it's not.