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      Gluon99
      last edited by

      @erack:

      Hrm, I just ordered one based on the article on servethehome.com, but looks like no one has had any luck with it and pfSense  :(

      erack,

      The PEG6i works just fine with pfSense 2.0.1. I believe the issue lies more with the card and motherboard compatibility issue.

      I willing to mail one to a Sr Forum member for testing if needed, i have 2 cards :( , just pm me.

      – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
      Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
      CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
      RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
      HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
      PSU: PicoPSU-80
      Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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        wallabybob
        last edited by

        @Gluon99:

        I willing to mail one to a Sr Forum member for testing if needed, i have 2 cards :( , just pm me.

        A generous offer but probably not needed. I suspect the problem is in the BIOS. Would you (Gluon99) please post the output of the pfSense command

        pciconf -l

        from the system with one of the PEG6I cards and identify the make and model of that system or motherboard.

        As previously discussed, the chip appears to have a PLX PCI-E bridge with three downstream Intel dual port NICs. However in @dwabraxus:

        
        pciconf -l
        hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27708086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
        vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:     class=0x030000 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27728086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
        pcib1@pci0:0:28:0:      class=0x060400 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27d08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
        pcib2@pci0:0:28:4:      class=0x060400 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27e08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
        pcib3@pci0:0:28:5:      class=0x060400 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27e28086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
        uhci0@pci0:0:29:0:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27c88086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        uhci1@pci0:0:29:1:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27c98086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        uhci2@pci0:0:29:2:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27ca8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        uhci3@pci0:0:29:3:      class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27cb8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        ehci0@pci0:0:29:7:      class=0x0c0320 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27cc8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        pcib4@pci0:0:30:0:      class=0x060401 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x244e8086 rev=0xe1 hdr=0x01
        isab0@pci0:0:31:0:      class=0x060100 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27b88086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        atapci0@pci0:0:31:1:    class=0x01018a card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27df8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        atapci1@pci0:0:31:2:    class=0x01018f card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27c08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        none0@pci0:0:31:3:      class=0x0c0500 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27da8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
        re0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x816815d9 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
        re1@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x816815d9 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
        
        

        there is no sign of the PLX PCI-E bridge (all the listed PCI devices are Intel except for the two Realtek NICs; notice most devices have a chip code ending in 8086, the code for Intel). Either something has been inadvertently omitted from the output OR the device is not connected into the PCI device tree OR the upstream bridge for the card hasn't been configured for downstream devices. I have seen some systems whose BIOS has ignored PCI bridges in the device tree EXCEPT those in the chipset, including some laptops whose BIOS hasn't configured PCI devices downstream of PCMCIA bridges. One workaround MIGHT be to configure the BIOS for a NON PLUG N PLAY operating system. (FreeBSD, at least up to 7.1 which was the last one in which I looked deeply into these details, is not a plug n play OS in that it expects all the PCI device resource allocation to be done by the BIOS.)

        So, I suggest the original poster should see if there a BIOS setting for non plug n play operating systems and if so, try that. If that doesn't work or there is no such BIOS setting then if someone seeing the problem is prepared to provide the output from a few shell commands I'll gather information and write up a bug report for the system (or motherboard) manufacturer.

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          Gluon99
          last edited by

          Output from SuperMicro X7SLA-H motherboard with BIOS 1.0c. I tried disabling all onboard adapters (serial,nics), PnP OS and random options. I havent been able to get the SM board to detect the PEG6i, but maybe I'm still missing something in the BIOS settings..

          
          $ dmesg
          Copyright (c) 1992-2010 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 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Mon Dec 12 18:15:35 EST 2011
              root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-AMD64.snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
          Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
          CPU: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU  330   @ 1.60GHz (1606.47-MHz K8-class CPU)
            Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x106c2  Family = 6  Model = 1c  Stepping = 2
            Features=0xbfe9fbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x40e31d <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,movbe>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>AMD Features2=0x1 <lahf>TSC: P-state invariant
          real memory  = 2147483648 (2048 MB)
          avail memory = 2042118144 (1947 MB)
          ACPI APIC Table: <121410 APIC1810>
          FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
          FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s) x 2 HTT threads
           cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
           cpu1 (AP/HT): APIC ID:  1
           cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
           cpu3 (AP/HT): APIC ID:  3
          ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 4
          ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
          netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
          wlan: mac acl policy registered
          ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          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, 0xffffffff80470e10, 0) error 1
          wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
          wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff806548d0, 0) error 1
          ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          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, 0xffffffff80470cd0, 0) error 1
          ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          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, 0xffffffff80470d70, 0) error 1
          kbd1 at kbdmux0
          cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
          padlock0: No ACE support.
          acpi0: <smci>on motherboard
          acpi0: [ITHREAD]
          acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
          acpi0: reservation of fee00000, 1000 (3) failed
          acpi0: reservation of 0, a0000 (3) failed
          acpi0: reservation of 100000, 7f700000 (3) failed
          Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
          acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
          cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
          cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
          cpu2: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
          cpu3: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
          pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
          pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
          vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xcc00-0xcc07 mem 0xfe980000-0xfe9fffff,0xe0000000-0xefffffff,0xfe940000-0xfe97ffff irq 16 at device 2.0 on pci0
          agp0: <intel 82945g="" (945g="" gmch)="" svga="" controller="">on vgapci0
          agp0: detected 7932k stolen memory
          agp0: aperture size is 256M
          pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
          pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
          pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
          pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
          re0: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem 0xfeaff000-0xfeafffff,0xfdef0000-0xfdefffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
          re0: Using 1 MSI messages
          re0: Chip rev. 0x3c000000
          re0: MAC rev. 0x00400000
          miibus0: <mii bus="">on re0
          rgephy0: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus0
          rgephy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
          re0: [FILTER]
          pcib3: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0
          pci3: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib3
          re1: <realtek 8111="" 8168="" b="" c="" cp="" d="" dp="" e="" pcie="" gigabit="" ethernet="">port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xfebff000-0xfebfffff,0xfdff0000-0xfdffffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
          re1: Using 1 MSI messages
          re1: Chip rev. 0x3c000000
          re1: MAC rev. 0x00400000
          miibus1: <mii bus="">on re1
          rgephy1: <rtl8169s 8110s="" 8211b="" media="" interface="">PHY 1 on miibus1
          rgephy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
          re1: [FILTER]
          uhci0: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">port 0xc880-0xc89f irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0
          uhci0: [ITHREAD]
          uhci0: LegSup = 0x2f00
          usbus0: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-a="">on uhci0
          uhci1: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">port 0xc800-0xc81f irq 19 at device 29.1 on pci0
          uhci1: [ITHREAD]
          uhci1: LegSup = 0x2f00
          usbus1: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-b="">on uhci1
          uhci2: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">port 0xc480-0xc49f irq 18 at device 29.2 on pci0
          uhci2: [ITHREAD]
          uhci2: LegSup = 0x2f00
          usbus2: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-c="">on uhci2
          uhci3: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">port 0xc400-0xc41f irq 16 at device 29.3 on pci0
          uhci3: [ITHREAD]
          uhci3: LegSup = 0x2f00
          usbus3: <intel 82801g="" (ich7)="" usb="" controller="" usb-d="">on uhci3
          ehci0: <intel 82801gb="" r="" (ich7)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xfe93bc00-0xfe93bfff irq 23 at device 29.7 on pci0
          ehci0: [ITHREAD]
          usbus4: EHCI version 1.0
          usbus4: <intel 82801gb="" r="" (ich7)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
          pcib4: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
          pci4: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib4
          isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
          isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
          atapci0: <intel ich7="" udma100="" controller="">port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 31.1 on pci0
          ata0: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
          ata0: [ITHREAD]
          atapci1: <intel ich7="" sata300="" controller="">port 0xc080-0xc087,0xc000-0xc003,0xbc00-0xbc07,0xb880-0xb883,0xb800-0xb80f mem 0xfe93b800-0xfe93bbff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
          atapci1: [ITHREAD]
          atapci1: AHCI called from vendor specific driver
          atapci1: AHCI v1.10 controller with 4 3Gbps ports, PM not supported
          ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci1
          ata2: [ITHREAD]
          ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci1
          ata3: [ITHREAD]
          ata4: <ata 2="" channel="">on atapci1
          ata4: [ITHREAD]
          ata5: <ata 3="" channel="">on atapci1
          ata5: [ITHREAD]
          pci0: <serial bus,="" smbus="">at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
          acpi_button0: <power button="">on acpi0
          atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x71 irq 8 on acpi0
          uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
          uart0: [FILTER]
          uart0: console (9600,n,8,1)
          uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
          uart1: [FILTER]
          sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
          sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
          vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff 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]
          atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
          ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
          p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
          p4tcc1: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu1
          p4tcc2: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu2
          p4tcc3: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu3
          Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
          IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
          usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus2: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus4: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
          ad4: 57241MB <ocz agility3="" 2.15="">at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s
          ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
          uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
          ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
          uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
          ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
          uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
          ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
          uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
          ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
          uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
          uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub4: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
          ugen0.2: <microsoft>at usbus0
          uhub5: <microsoft 2="" 9="" microsoft="" usb="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
          uhub5: 3 ports with 0 removable, self powered
          ugen0.3: <microsoft>at usbus0
          ukbd0: <microsoft 0="" 3="" microsoft="" wireless="" entertainment="" keyboard="" 7000,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
          kbd2 at ukbd0
          ugen0.4: <microsoft>at usbus0
          ums0: <microsoft 0="" 4="" microsoft="" wireless="" laser="" mouse="" 8000,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
          ums0: 5 buttons and [XYZT] coordinates ID=17
          ums0: 0 buttons and [T] coordinates ID=0
          SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
          SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
          SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ad4s1a
          pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled
          re1: link state changed to UP
          re1_vlan29: link state changed to UP
          ugen0.2: <microsoft>at usbus0 (disconnected)
          uhub5: at uhub0, port 1, addr 2 (disconnected)
          ugen0.3: <microsoft>at usbus0 (disconnected)
          ukbd0: at uhub5, port 2, addr 3 (disconnected)
          ugen0.4: <microsoft>at usbus0 (disconnected)
          ums0: at uhub5, port 3, addr 4 (disconnected)</microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></ocz></cpu></cpu></cpu></cpu></at></keyboard></generic></system></at></power></serial></ata></ata></ata></ata></intel></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></rtl8169s></mii></realtek></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></intel></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></smci></software></version></lahf></syscall,nx,lm></sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,movbe></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe> 
          
          
          $ pciconf -l
          hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27708086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          vgapci0@pci0:0:2:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27728086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          pcib1@pci0:0:28:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27d08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
          pcib2@pci0:0:28:4:	class=0x060400 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27e08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
          pcib3@pci0:0:28:5:	class=0x060400 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27e28086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
          uhci0@pci0:0:29:0:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27c88086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          uhci1@pci0:0:29:1:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27c98086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          uhci2@pci0:0:29:2:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27ca8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          uhci3@pci0:0:29:3:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27cb8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          ehci0@pci0:0:29:7:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27cc8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          pcib4@pci0:0:30:0:	class=0x060401 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x244e8086 rev=0xe1 hdr=0x01
          isab0@pci0:0:31:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27b88086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          atapci0@pci0:0:31:1:	class=0x01018a card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27df8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          atapci1@pci0:0:31:2:	class=0x010601 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27c18086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          none0@pci0:0:31:3:	class=0x0c0500 card=0x060215d9 chip=0x27da8086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          re0@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x816815d9 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          re1@pci0:3:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x816815d9 chip=0x816810ec rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          
          

          Output from my Dell T100 BIOS 1.4.1, pfSense 2.0.1 Live USB

          
          $ dmesg
          Copyright (c) 1992-2010 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 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Mon Dec 12 18:15:35 EST 2011
              root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-AMD64.snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8 amd64
          Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
          CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E3120  @ 3.16GHz (3169.49-MHz K8-class CPU)
            Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x1067a  Family = 6  Model = 17  Stepping = 10
            Features=0xbfebfbff <fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe>Features2=0x408e3fd <sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,vmx,smx,est,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,sse4.1,xsave>AMD Features=0x20100800 <syscall,nx,lm>AMD Features2=0x1 <lahf>TSC: P-state invariant
          real memory  = 8589934592 (8192 MB)
          avail memory = 8240717824 (7858 MB)
          ACPI APIC Table: <dell  pe_sc3 ="">FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
          FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
           cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
           cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
          ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 2
          ioapic0 <version 2.0="">irqs 0-23 on motherboard
          netisr_init: forcing maxthreads to 1 and bindthreads to 0 for device polling
          wlan: mac acl policy registered
          ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          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, 0xffffffff80470e10, 0) error 1
          wpi: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_wpi/.
          wpi: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
          module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (wpi_fw, 0xffffffff806548d0, 0) error 1
          ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          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, 0xffffffff80470cd0, 0) error 1
          ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw/.
          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, 0xffffffff80470d70, 0) error 1
          kbd1 at kbdmux0
          cryptosoft0: <software crypto="">on motherboard
          padlock0: No ACE support.
          acpi0: <dell pe_sc3="">on motherboard
          acpi0: [ITHREAD]
          acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
          Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
          acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
          cpu0: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
          cpu1: <acpi cpu="">on acpi0
          acpi_hpet0: <high precision="" event="" timer="">iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
          Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900
          pcib0: <acpi host-pci="" bridge="">port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
          pci0: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib0
          pcib1: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci0
          pci1: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib1
          uhci0: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xac20-0xac3f irq 17 at device 26.0 on pci0
          uhci0: [ITHREAD]
          usbus0: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci0
          uhci1: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xac40-0xac5f irq 18 at device 26.1 on pci0
          uhci1: [ITHREAD]
          usbus1: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci1
          ehci0: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xdf9ff800-0xdf9ffbff irq 19 at device 26.7 on pci0
          ehci0: [ITHREAD]
          usbus2: EHCI version 1.0
          usbus2: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci0
          pcib2: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
          pci2: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib2
          pcib3: <pci-pci bridge="">mem 0xdfae0000-0xdfafffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
          pci3: <pci bus="">on pcib3
          pcib4: <pci-pci bridge="">irq 17 at device 1.0 on pci3
          pci4: <pci bus="">on pcib4
          em0: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xecc0-0xecdf mem 0xdfdc0000-0xdfddffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci4
          em0: Using an MSI interrupt
          em0: [FILTER]
          em1: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xece0-0xecff mem 0xdfde0000-0xdfdfffff irq 18 at device 0.1 on pci4
          em1: Using an MSI interrupt
          em1: [FILTER]
          pcib5: <pci-pci bridge="">irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci3
          pci5: <pci bus="">on pcib5
          em2: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xdcc0-0xdcdf mem 0xdfcc0000-0xdfcdffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci5
          em2: Using an MSI interrupt
          em2: [FILTER]
          em3: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xdce0-0xdcff mem 0xdfce0000-0xdfcfffff irq 19 at device 0.1 on pci5
          em3: Using an MSI interrupt
          em3: [FILTER]
          pcib6: <pci-pci bridge="">irq 19 at device 3.0 on pci3
          pci6: <pci bus="">on pcib6
          em4: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xccc0-0xccdf mem 0xdfbc0000-0xdfbdffff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci6
          em4: Using an MSI interrupt
          em4: [FILTER]
          em5: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" 7.2.3="">port 0xcce0-0xccff mem 0xdfbe0000-0xdfbfffff irq 16 at device 0.1 on pci6
          em5: Using an MSI interrupt
          em5: [FILTER]
          pcib7: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
          pci7: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib7
          pcib8: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">irq 17 at device 28.5 on pci0
          pci8: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib8
          bge0: <broadcom netxtreme="" gigabit="" ethernet="" controller,="" asic="" rev.="" 0x00a200="">mem 0xdfef0000-0xdfefffff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci8
          miibus0: <mii bus="">on bge0
          brgphy0: <bcm5722 10="" 100="" 1000basetx="" phy="">PHY 1 on miibus0
          brgphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 1000baseT-FDX, auto
          bge0: [FILTER]
          uhci2: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xac60-0xac7f irq 21 at device 29.0 on pci0
          uhci2: [ITHREAD]
          usbus3: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci2
          uhci3: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xac80-0xac9f irq 20 at device 29.1 on pci0
          uhci3: [ITHREAD]
          usbus4: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci3
          uhci4: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">port 0xaca0-0xacbf irq 21 at device 29.2 on pci0
          uhci4: [ITHREAD]
          usbus5: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" controller="">on uhci4
          ehci1: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">mem 0xdf9ffc00-0xdf9fffff irq 21 at device 29.7 on pci0
          ehci1: [ITHREAD]
          usbus6: EHCI version 1.0
          usbus6: <intel 82801i="" (ich9)="" usb="" 2.0="" controller="">on ehci1
          pcib9: <acpi pci-pci="" bridge="">at device 30.0 on pci0
          pci9: <acpi pci="" bus="">on pcib9
          vgapci0: <vga-compatible display="">port 0xbc00-0xbcff mem 0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff,0xdfff0000-0xdfffffff irq 19 at device 5.0 on pci9
          isab0: <pci-isa bridge="">at device 31.0 on pci0
          isa0: <isa bus="">on isab0
          atapci0: <intel ich9="" sata300="" controller="">port 0xa8f0-0xa8f7,0xa8e8-0xa8eb,0xa8f8-0xa8ff,0xa8ec-0xa8ef,0xac00-0xac0f,0xac10-0xac1f irq 23 at device 31.2 on pci0
          atapci0: [ITHREAD]
          ata2: <ata 0="" channel="">on atapci0
          ata2: [ITHREAD]
          ata3: <ata 1="" channel="">on atapci0
          ata3: [ITHREAD]
          atrtc0: <at realtime="" clock="">port 0x70-0x7f irq 8 on acpi0
          fdc0: <floppy drive="" controller="">port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
          fdc0: does not respond
          device_attach: fdc0 attach returned 6
          uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
          uart0: [FILTER]
          orm0: <isa option="" roms="">at iomem 0xc0000-0xc8fff,0xc9000-0xc9fff,0xca000-0xcafff,0xec000-0xeffff on isa0
          sc0: <system console="">at flags 0x100 on isa0
          sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
          vga0: <generic isa="" vga="">at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff 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]
          atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
          ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
          est0: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu0
          p4tcc0: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu0
          est1: <enhanced speedstep="" frequency="" control="">on cpu1
          p4tcc1: <cpu frequency="" thermal="" control="">on cpu1
          Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
          IPsec: Initialized Security Association Processing.
          usbus0: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus1: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus2: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
          usbus3: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus4: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus5: 12Mbps Full Speed USB v1.0
          usbus6: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
          ad4: 152587MB <wdc wd1602abks-18n8a0="" 02.03b04="">at ata2-master UDMA100 SATA 3Gb/s
          ugen0.1: <intel>at usbus0
          uhub0: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus0
          ugen1.1: <intel>at usbus1
          uhub1: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus1
          ugen2.1: <intel>at usbus2
          uhub2: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus2
          ugen3.1: <intel>at usbus3
          uhub3: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus3
          ugen4.1: <intel>at usbus4
          uhub4: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus4
          ugen5.1: <intel>at usbus5
          uhub5: <intel 1="" 9="" uhci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 1.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
          ugen6.1: <intel>at usbus6
          uhub6: <intel 1="" 9="" ehci="" root="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
          GEOM: ad4: partition 1 does not start on a track boundary.
          GEOM: ad4: partition 1 does not end on a track boundary.
          uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub5: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
          uhub2: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
          uhub6: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
          ugen2.2: <generic>at usbus2
          umass0: <generic 0="" 2="" mass="" storage,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.03,="" addr="">on usbus2
          umass0:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
          ugen6.2: <usb>at usbus6
          umass1: <usb 0="" 2="" disk="" 2.0,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 0.00,="" addr="">on usbus6
          umass1:  SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x0000
          umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0
          (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 
          (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI Status Error
          (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check Condition
          (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: UNIT ATTENTION asc:28,0 (Not ready to ready change, medium may have changed)
          umass1:1:1:-1: Attached to scbus1
          ugen5.2: <microsoft>at usbus5
          uhub7: <microsoft 2="" 9="" microsoft="" usb="" hub,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
          uhub7: 3 ports with 0 removable, self powered
          ugen5.3: <microsoft>at usbus5
          ukbd0: <microsoft 0="" 3="" microsoft="" wireless="" entertainment="" keyboard="" 7000,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
          kbd2 at ukbd0
          ugen5.4: <microsoft>at usbus5
          ums0: <microsoft 0="" 4="" microsoft="" wireless="" laser="" mouse="" 8000,="" class="" 0,="" rev="" 2.00="" 1.00,="" addr="">on usbus5
          ums0: 5 buttons and [XYZT] coordinates ID=17
          ums0: 0 buttons and [T] coordinates ID=0
          da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
          da0: <generic flash="" disk="" 8.00="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device 
          da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
          da0: 3910MB (8007680 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 498C)
          da1 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
          da1: <usb disk="" 2.0="" 1.00="">Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device 
          da1: 40.000MB/s transfers
          da1: 3915MB (8017920 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 499C)SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
          
          GEOM: da0: geometry does not match label (16h,63s != 255h,63s).
          GEOM: da0: media size does not match label.
          GEOM: da1: the primary GPT table is corrupt or invalid.
          GEOM: da1: using the secondary instead -- recovery strongly advised.
          Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ufs/pfSense
          md0.uzip: 3206 x 65536 blocks
          GEOM: da1: the primary GPT table is corrupt or invalid.
          GEOM: da1: using the secondary instead -- recovery strongly advised.
          pflog0: promiscuous mode enabled</usb></generic></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></microsoft></usb></usb></generic></generic></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></wdc></cpu></enhanced></cpu></enhanced></at></keyboard></generic></system></isa></floppy></at></ata></ata></intel></isa></pci-isa></vga-compatible></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></bcm5722></mii></broadcom></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></intel(r)></intel(r)></pci></pci-pci></intel(r)></intel(r)></pci></pci-pci></intel(r)></intel(r)></pci></pci-pci></pci></pci-pci></acpi></acpi></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></intel></acpi></acpi></acpi></acpi></high></acpi></acpi></dell></software></version></dell ></lahf></syscall,nx,lm></sse3,dtes64,mon,ds_cpl,vmx,smx,est,tm2,ssse3,cx16,xtpr,pdcm,sse4.1,xsave></fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,dts,acpi,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ss,htt,tm,pbe> 
          
          
          $ pciconf -l
          hostb0@pci0:0:0:0:	class=0x060000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x29f08086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
          pcib1@pci0:0:1:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x102800fe chip=0x29f18086 rev=0x01 hdr=0x01
          uhci0@pci0:0:26:0:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29378086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          uhci1@pci0:0:26:1:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29388086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          ehci0@pci0:0:26:7:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x293c8086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          pcib2@pci0:0:28:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29408086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x01
          pcib7@pci0:0:28:4:	class=0x060400 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29488086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x01
          pcib8@pci0:0:28:5:	class=0x060400 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x294a8086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x01
          uhci2@pci0:0:29:0:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29348086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          uhci3@pci0:0:29:1:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29358086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          uhci4@pci0:0:29:2:	class=0x0c0300 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29368086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          ehci1@pci0:0:29:7:	class=0x0c0320 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x293a8086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          pcib9@pci0:0:30:0:	class=0x060401 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x244e8086 rev=0x92 hdr=0x01
          isab0@pci0:0:31:0:	class=0x060100 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29168086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          atapci0@pci0:0:31:2:	class=0x01018f card=0x028b1028 chip=0x29208086 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          pcib3@pci0:2:0:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x851710b5 rev=0xac hdr=0x01
          pcib4@pci0:3:1:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x851710b5 rev=0xac hdr=0x01
          pcib5@pci0:3:2:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x851710b5 rev=0xac hdr=0x01
          pcib6@pci0:3:3:0:	class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x851710b5 rev=0xac hdr=0x01
          em0@pci0:4:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
          em1@pci0:4:0:1:	class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
          em2@pci0:5:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
          em3@pci0:5:0:1:	class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
          em4@pci0:6:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
          em5@pci0:6:0:1:	class=0x020000 card=0x125e8086 chip=0x105e8086 rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
          bge0@pci0:8:0:0:	class=0x020000 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x165a14e4 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
          vgapci0@pci0:9:5:0:	class=0x030000 card=0x028b1028 chip=0x515e1002 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
          
          

          Im thinking i need to open an online support case with SuperMicro. Is there anyway to know if the Atom chipset is the limiting factor for the PEG6i not being detected?

          – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
          Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
          CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
          RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
          HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
          PSU: PicoPSU-80
          Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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            wallabybob
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            @Gluon99:

            Is there anyway to know if the Atom chipset is the limiting factor for the PEG6i not being detected?

            Not that I know of but I haven't read the datasheet. It is possible there is some limitation (feature) in the chipset preventing support of downstream bridges. (I have seen reports that Atom chipsets are or were "crippled" to prevent them competing with "desktop" chipsets.) But I thought I saw a report in this thread that someone had run Linux and it had detected the six NICs where FreeBSD didn't. If my recollection is correct then the problem on that motherboard is not a hardware limitation.

            @Gluon99:

            Im thinking i need to open an online support case with SuperMicro.

            I agree. The information you have provided so far has been useful, lets get a little more. Please post the output from execution of the following commands pfSense shell commands run on the SuperMicro system:

            pciconf -r pci0:0:28:0 0:0x3f
            pciconf -r pci0:0:28:4 0:0x3f
            pciconf -r pci0:0:28:5 0:0x3f

            These commands will provide information about how the three PCI bridges in the chipset have been configured. The startup output from the SuperMicro motherboard suggests the second and third bridges are used to interface to the two onboard Realtek NICs.

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              Gluon99
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              Here are the commands you asked for wallabybob, let me know if you want anything else. These messages are a bit cryptic to me, but i will look them up later. Im curious to know what the output means. My *nix is a bit weak.

              
              $ pciconf -r pci0:0:28:0 0:0x3f
              27d08086 00100104 06040001 00810010
              00000000 00000000 00010100 200000f0 
              0000fff0 0001fff1 00000000 00000000
              00000000 00000040 00000000 00060110
              
              $ pciconf -r pci0:0:28:4 0:0x3f
              27e08086 00100107 06040001 00810010
              00000000 00000000 00020200 2000d0d0 
              fea0fea0 fde1fde1 00000000 00000000
              00000000 00000040 00000000 00060110 
              
              $ pciconf -r pci0:0:28:5 0:0x3f
              27e28086 00100107 06040001 00810010
              00000000 00000000 00030300 2000e0e0 
              feb0feb0 fdf1fdf1 00000000 00000000
              00000000 00000040 00000000 00060211 
              
              

              – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
              Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
              CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
              RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
              HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
              PSU: PicoPSU-80
              Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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                wallabybob
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                The Silcom PEG6I has a PLX 8715 PCI Express bridge which appears in the PCI device tree as one "upstream" (closest to the CPU) PCI bridge with three downstream PCI bridges. Each of the downstream PCI bridges is connected to a single Intel NIC chip with two PCI functions, each PCI function providing a single Ethernet interface. Each of the downstream PCI bridges requires a distinct PCI bus number so the devices downstream of them can be addressed. The upstream bridge therefore requires at least four downstream bus numbers (one for each of the downstream bridges and one for the bus interconnecting the bridges).

                From the FreeBSD startup report of its walk of the PCI device tree we see there are three PCI bridges, two of which are used to connect to the board LANs leaving the bridge at device=28 function=0 for interfacing to the expansion slot device, in this case a Silcom PEG6I. A dump of the PCI configuration registers of this bridge shows:

                $ pciconf -r pci0:0:28:0 0:0x3f
                27d08086 00100104 06040001 00810010
                00000000 00000000 00010100 200000f0
                0000fff0 0001fff1 00000000 00000000
                00000000 00000040 00000000 00060110

                The byte at offset 0x14 is 0, the upstream bus number of the bridge, the byte at offset 0x15 is 0x01, the first secondary (downstream) bus number and the byte at offset 16 is 0x01, the maximum secondary bus number. Hence this bridge has been allocated insufficient secondary bus numbers to allow access to the NICs on the card. The bridge also has its memory window base and top registers and i/o window base and top registers programmed to prevent memory and i/o register access to downstream devices.

                FreeBSD is not a plug and play operating system; that is FreeBSD relies on the BIOS to perform PCI device resource allocation.
                The failure of the BIOS to allocate PCI resources to devices downstream of a bridge on an expansion card makes this otherwise attractive motherboard unsuitable for some users of the FreeBSD operating system and the pfSense package.

                –-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                I hope the above explanation has sufficient technical detail or the people supporting the BIOS on the motherboard without being too technical for the well informed reader.

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                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                  @wallabybob:

                  I hope the above explanation has sufficient technical detail or the people supporting the BIOS on the motherboard without being too technical for the well informed reader.

                  Spot on I'd say, very informative.  :)

                  Steve

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                    Gluon99
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                    Good explination Wallabybob. Do you think this could be fixed via a BIOS update from SM or its is a phy limitation of the board itself?

                    – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
                    Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
                    CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
                    RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
                    HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
                    PSU: PicoPSU-80
                    Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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                      wallabybob
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                      @Gluon99:

                      Do you think this could be fixed via a BIOS update from SM or its is a phy limitation of the board itself?

                      A BIOS update would appear to be necessary to fix this. I don't know enough about the hardware to say if it would be sufficient. I have seen reports hinting of restrictions placed on Atom based boards (e.g. no PCI-Express slots on early Atom boards, at most one expansion slot etc) so there may be a hardware limitation but I read in this thread that all the NICs had been recognised when running Linux but maybe it wasn't clear that it was Linux running on this type of board. If Linux running on this board finds all the NICs and can drive them then there is no limitation in the hardware that would stop FreeBSD finding all the NICs and driving them - it just needs the BIOS to initialise the PCI bridges (both in the chipset and on the card) so FreeBSD can find the NICs when it walks the PCI device tree.

                      Frankly, I think it is poor form to provide an expansion slot and be silent about the fact that certain combinations of cards and operating systems won't work in the slot. There is a precedent with 4GB memory - plenty of motherboard manufacturers say you can't use more than about 3GB of RAM with 32 bit Operating Systems and are quite upfront about max size of memory.

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                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                        Has any of this code made it into 8.3 I wonder:
                        http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-April/011268.html
                        It seems to be addressing this issue. Or at least a similar one.  ;)

                        Steve

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                          wallabybob
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                          @stephenw10:

                          Has any of this code made it into 8.3 I wonder:
                          http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2011-April/011268.html
                          It seems to be addressing this issue. Or at least a similar one.  ;)

                          Thanks for the reference. After reading the whole thread it does look as if it addresses at least a similar issue. I suggest trying a pfSense 2.1 snapshot build. If that isn't very convenient you could send an email to John Baldwin referencing the thread and this discussion and ask if the code is in FreeBSD 8.3 and does it address this issue.

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                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                            Look like it made it into the code base some time ago. A while before the 8.3 branch point.

                            Steve

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                              Gluon99
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                              Some time this week I will try a 2.1 x64 snapshot and see what happens.

                              – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
                              Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
                              CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
                              RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
                              HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
                              PSU: PicoPSU-80
                              Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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                                Gluon99
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                                Finally got around to trying the latest 2.1 x64 snapshot, but still no luck with the card. I also tried Ubuntu 11.10 x64 live and it would not detect the card. Seems to be more of a BIOS issue, maybe i will write up a support email to supermicro about the PEG6i and see what happens.

                                Thanks for your help wallabybob

                                – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
                                Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
                                CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
                                RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
                                HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
                                PSU: PicoPSU-80
                                Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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                                  erack
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                                  Since this probably won't be fixed in a timely manner, anyone have a recommendation for another 4-6 port Intel-chipset NIC that is compatible with the SuperMicro Atom boards?

                                  And if anyone has one they want to sell, I'll trade the PEG6I for it.

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                                    wallabybob
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                                    It might be worth asking SuperMicro if any multi-port boards with Intel NICs are supported on their Atom motherboards running FreeBSD.

                                    It might be worth asking Silcom if the PEG6I is supported on any SuperMicro Atom motherboards running FreeBSD.

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                                      erack
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                                      I sent SuperMicro some emails with the above questions a few weeks ago, but no responses  >:(

                                      I'm hoping someone here has added a 2-4 port NIC to a SuperMicro Atom with success and can recommend it here

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                                        Gluon99
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                                        Erack

                                        I'm using a DELL G174P 2port Intel card. The version i have is using the newer Intel Pro ET chip. There are two version of this card from what I could tell, newer Intel Pro ET has no heatsink on the chip and older PT has a heat sink. I have been using the card as my LAN interface for several months with multiple vlans and haven't noticed any issues yet.

                                        This is what pfSense 2.0.1 detected the card as.

                                        
                                        igb0: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" version="" -="" 2.2.3="">port 0xcc00-0xcc1f mem 0xfe9e0000-0xfe9fffff,0xfe400000-0xfe7fffff,0xfe9dc000-0xfe9dffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
                                        igb0: Using MSIX interrupts with 5 vectors
                                        igb0: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb0: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb0: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb0: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb0: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb1: <intel(r) 1000="" pro="" network="" connection="" version="" -="" 2.2.3="">port 0xc880-0xc89f mem 0xfe9a0000-0xfe9bffff,0xfe000000-0xfe3fffff,0xfe9d8000-0xfe9dbfff irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1
                                        igb1: Using MSIX interrupts with 5 vectors
                                        igb1: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb1: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb1: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb1: [ITHREAD]
                                        igb1: [ITHREAD]</intel(r)></intel(r)> 
                                        

                                        – pfSense 2.0.2 Setup --
                                        Motherboard: Jetway NF99FL-525
                                        CPU: Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
                                        RAM: 1x2GB Crucial DDR3 1333
                                        HD: 60GB OCZ Agility 3 SATA III
                                        PSU: PicoPSU-80
                                        Case: M350 Universal Mini-ITX enclosure

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                                          wallabybob
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                                          @erack:

                                          Since this probably won't be fixed in a timely manner, anyone have a recommendation for another 4-6 port Intel-chipset NIC that is compatible with the SuperMicro Atom boards?

                                          And if anyone has one they want to sell, I'll trade the PEG6I for it.

                                          The post from Gluon99 reminded me that I have seen hints of Intel chips packing 4 NICs into the one chip. Investigations a few years ago suggested some of the Intel 2 port and 4 port boards might have all the NICs in a single chip. I suspect the absence of a bridge will enable such boards to work with the Super Micro motherboards.

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