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    HEADS UP: Updated em/igb/ixgbe back in snapshots

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.1.1 Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by

      The atheros drivers work fine for me, but they'll be much better on 2.2 for everyone.

      2.0.3 downloads can be found here: http://files.pfsense.org/mirror/downloads/old/

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        darioj
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        Do you plan to list the cases these nics are considered stable or should we avoid them untill 2.2?

        Thanks for trying!

        Cheers
        Dario

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          jason0
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          Hello,

          I have been having difficulties with the em drivers and bridging in 2.1-RELEASE.Ā  Does your message mean you are reverting to THESE drivers, or the ones before 2.1-RELEASE?

          Thanks for your time!

          –jason

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            There were issues with bridging some types of interface, including em, that have been fixed in 2.1.1. These were independent of the driver version. You should try a 2.1.1 snapshot.
            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66908.msg386279.html#msg386279

            Steve

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            • jimpJ
              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by

              The em/igb/ixgbe drivers on 2.1.1 will be the same as those on 2.1-RELEASE

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                jason0
                last edited by

                I will try a snapshot very soon.

                Thanks for your reply!

                –jason

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                  dostrow
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                  A quick question looking for advice here. We had just purchased $25K worth of gear all with 4 ixgbe dual 10 gig card in them with the intention of using pfsense as our primary firewall going forward, this way was way more economical than going the Cisco/Juniper/Whathaveyou route given our need for 10 gig interfaces. All was well and good until we tried to get things working when the gear arrived last week. We were immediately hit by bug 3250 with 2.1-REL. Hearing that the drivers were more stable in 2.0.x we tried installing 2.0.3 only to find out that there was not adequate support for our RAID controllers and thus could not install. With previous 2.1.1 snapshots we got further but still suffered from the mbuf leak that eventually caused the systems to panic and crash. Now that the decision has been made to revert to the 2.1-REL versions of the drivers (which I agree is the right call to have made), we are basically stuck needing 2.2 (for which I can find no builds publicly available) for these boxes which were slated to go into production within a week. If you were in my shoes, had hardware which was already purchased and cannot be returned and a deadline that really can't move…what would you do?

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                    Supermule Banned
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                    Run it en ESXi on your new hardware. Then it works fine.

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                      dostrow
                      last edited by

                      Definitely something to try, though somehow running my edge devices under a hypervisor makes me a little queasy, not to mention setting things up with BGP and CARP over virtual interfaces all running at 10 gig adds some odd complexity but if it is my only option so be it.

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                      • stephenw10S
                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                        last edited by

                        Do you have a support subscription? If so I'd go straight to ESF who will have a much better handle on what can/can't be achieved by using whichever driver version might be available.
                        Do they run OK in 2.0.3? You could maybe reconfigure the disk controllers into some mode that is supported or there maybe backported drivers for 8.1.

                        Steve

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                          athurdent
                          last edited by

                          Maybe running pfSense from USB flash is an option?

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                            qseb
                            last edited by

                            Hello

                            is it still possible to insert manually new igb drivers to boot.conf for next 2.1.1 snaphots?
                            Currently, I have a 2.1.1 from january with new igb, how to extract modules?

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              The drivers are compiled into the kernel so you can't extract them as modules. However if you did get hold of the modules there should be no problem loading them via loader.conf.local.

                              Steve

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                                demco
                                last edited by

                                Hi,

                                Anyone know if the snapshot dated 20140217-1607 contains the newer driver?

                                Tried the image on a Rangeley box and boot log seem to indicate no network driver.

                                pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 20.0 (no driver attached)
                                pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 20.1 (no driver attached)
                                pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 20.2 (no driver attached)
                                pci0: <network, ethernet="">at device 20.3 (no driver attached)

                                Just want to confirm that it is the driver and not something else, before trying to build the new driver.

                                full boot log attached.

                                Thanks.

                                bootlog.txt</network,></network,></network,></network,>

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                                  qseb
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                                  @stephenw10:

                                  The drivers are compiled into the kernel so you can't extract them as modules. However if you did get hold of the modules there should be no problem loading them via loader.conf.local.

                                  Steve

                                  Yes I saw kldstat not returning modules. How to get the igb module file?

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Compile it yourself.
                                    Ask ESF nicely.
                                    Search the forum, I think a few others have compiled newer modules but I also think that the version included in earlier 2.1.1 snapshots had patches.

                                    They were removed from 2.1.1 for good reason though. I guess if it works at all for you that's better than than nothing.

                                    Steve

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                                      eri--
                                      last edited by

                                      The drivers from HEAD have been enabled again in the snapshots after fixing the cause of panics.

                                      Please try them again in later snapshots.

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Woot!Ā  ;D
                                        Great news. Updating…
                                        They are in current snapshots I presume? (08-Mar-2014) Or wait for new builds?

                                        Steve

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                                          maverick_slo
                                          last edited by

                                          So NEW drivers are again included?
                                          Also em drivers?

                                          Thanks!

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                                            maverick_slo
                                            last edited by

                                            Huh only March 8 snapshots are available…
                                            Something went wrong?

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