pfSense 2.7 crash when adding vnic

eds89

Hi,

I am virtualising pfSense 2.7.2 on ESXi 7.0 U3.

I want to add an interface to use for pfsync against a secondary node, but when I add an interface to the VM, pfSense crashes and reboots.

I see a lot of these errors in the console and crash log:

Tracing command kernel pid 0 tid 100029 td 0xfffffe00093553a0
sched_switch() at sched_switch+0x88a/frame 0xfffffe00085f4e20
mi_switch() at mi_switch+0xbb/frame 0xfffffe00085f4e40
_sleep() at _sleep+0x1f0/frame 0xfffffe00085f4ec0
taskqueue_thread_loop() at taskqueue_thread_loop+0xb1/frame 0xfffffe00085f4ef0
fork_exit() at fork_exit+0x7f/frame 0xfffffe00085f4f30
fork_trampoline() at fork_trampoline+0xe/frame 0xfffffe00085f4f30
--- trap 0, rip = 0, rsp = 0, rbp = 0 ---

I have created a second VM to use as my secondary node and completed a basic 2.7.2 install, and have not had issues adding the same set of interfaces.
I assume this means possible corruption in my current install or conflicts with current config.

I have added full error log to pastebin here

Any advice anyone can offer would be appreciated, before I look to do a full reinstall.

Thanks
Eds

stephenw10

I can't access that link, shows as removed.

I assume you are not adding the NIC 'live'?

eds89

@stephenw10 very odd. I'll fix that when I get home.

I am adding the NIC live as I did that on the new node and didn't have any issues doing it that way.
Assume the suggestion is to add whilst the VM is off?

Cheers
Eds

stephenw10

Yes I would definitely add it with the VM shutdown. If the PCI location changes, which it can, after the driver has attached that could cause issues like this.

Also watch out if adding more NICs takes you to 5 or more. ESXi will reorder the NICs above 4.

eds89

@stephenw10 ok thanks. This is the 6th interface.

Will try when I get home and report back

eds89

@stephenw10 said in pfSense 2.7 crash when adding vnic:

Yes I would definitely add it with the VM shutdown. If the PCI location changes, which it can, after the driver has attached that could cause issues like this.

Also watch out if adding more NICs takes you to 5 or more. ESXi will reorder the NICs above 4.

Yep, this worked fine thank you.
My interfaces were slightly renumbered so had to reassign correctly, but otherwise I look to be up and running :)

Cheers
Eds