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    HP Qlogic NC523SFP Driver install Freebsd 11 pfsense kernal recompile

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    • I
      ibysmalls
      last edited by

      Thank you very much for the reply.

      I can't see any instructions on that website on how to compile the driver.

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      • dotdashD
        dotdash
        last edited by dotdash

        Best source is the handbook.
        https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/kernelconfig.html
        Edit- Actually, that's for compiling it into the kernel. You should just be able to copy the file from a stock FreeBSD install.

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          ibysmalls
          last edited by

          Ahh,

          So what you mean is that I go ahead and install FreeBSD with this NIC installed, then copy over the modules over to pfsense?

          Thanks
          Ibrahim

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          • dotdashD
            dotdash
            last edited by

            Yes. You should be able to find if_qlxgb.ko in /boot/kernel/ on the stock FreeBSD box.
            Copy this over to the same location on pfsense and add the line to /boot/loader.conf.local (create /boot/loader.conf.local if needed)

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
              last edited by

              Here you go.
              0_1548447903141_if_qlxgb.zip

              -Rico

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              • I
                ibysmalls
                last edited by

                Yes yes lad!

                Thanks - I appreciate that. It's recognised now on the pfsense gui!

                Thank you once again!!

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                • RicoR
                  Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                  last edited by

                  Glad you have it working now. ☺

                  -Rico

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                    ronaldnwb
                    last edited by

                    Hello everyone. This is my first time in this forum and I found this thread explaining exactly what I was looking for. I don't know much about freeBSD, my previous experiences are only writing code for Arduinos... so a big step for me - literally, I just started yesterday with freebsd CL (please don't yell at me or make fun of me, everybody has to start somewhere)
                    I'm building a pfsense router (Asus P9D-c4L / e5 1268L V3 / 8GB PC3-10600E / NIC NC523SFP based on Qlogic 8200 // qlxgb driver) to connect to my freeNAS box and ESXI PC. The NIC is supported in both and is recognized automatically.
                    I currently have 2 VMs running, one pfsense 2.4.4 p1 and the second freeBSD 11.2... I'm staring at both screens and I don't know where to go from here...

                    How do I copy qlxgb.ko from FreeBSD? to what physical/virtual media? how do I copy it to pfsense? how do I open loader.conf.local and add the line? I'm guessing the line is if present, "yes" run the driver.

                    As basic as it might sound to you, I need to do this to get my home network fully working. If you might point me to a thread where it is more "step-by-step" explained, so I could see the commands used, syntax... I would really appreciate it. Thanks in advance! and thanks to @Rico for sharing the module. I guess I only need to add it to pfsense. But as I said before, I would really like to see all the commands used to achieve it. (learning opportunity for me)

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                      ronaldnwb
                      last edited by ronaldnwb

                      a follow up note... correct me if I'm wrong, please.

                      could I use the file @Rico uploaded and save it to a USB drive and then in pfsense...

                      mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt
                      cp -iprv /dev/da0s1/if_qlxgb.ko /boot/kernel/

                      to enter the new line

                      vi boot/loader.conf.local
                      i

                      if_qlxgb_load="YES"

                      :wq!

                      so I did it in the VM and it said it created a new file... 1 line 19 characters... So I guess I was successful at creating the conf in the VM... no luck coping qlxgb.ko yet.

                      Thanks everyone.

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                        ibysmalls
                        last edited by

                        Hi,

                        The way I copied the file to the machine was through FileZilla SFTP client. Easy that way.

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                        • RicoR
                          Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
                          last edited by

                          Yeah, SCP or SFTP is the easy way. :-)

                          -Rico

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                            ronaldnwb
                            last edited by

                            Hey guys! you're the best!!! you deserve a beer... I thought it was going to be something really complicated as building the install from source, but it only took me like 5 minutes to get everything up and running after reading your advice. I used WINSCP so it was pretty much drag and drop.
                            Thanks @ibysmalls and thanks @Rico

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                              homelabber
                              last edited by homelabber

                              I followed the above steps, super helpful. Thank you all.

                              I'm getting the following errors when setting up the interface. I use the following command:

                              ifconfig ql0 up

                              ql0: qla_init_rcv_cntxt: Q8_CMD_CREATE_RX_CNTXT failed
                              ql0: qla_issue_cmd: cmd[0x001b2218] = 0x80000012
                              sig[0x001b2228] = 0xcafe0100
                              arg1[0x001b221c] = 0x00000000
                              arg2[0x001b2220] = 0x000005ee
                              arg3[0x001b2224] = 0x00000000
                              ql0: qla_issue_cmd: exit (ret = 0xffffffff)
                              rsp = 0x80000012
                              arg1 = 0x00000000
                              arg2 = 0x000005ee
                              arg3 = 0x00000000
                              ql0: qla_set_max_mtu: Q8_CMD_RD_MAX_MTU failed

                              ql0: qla_issue_cmd: cmd[0x001b2218] = 0x80000002
                              sig[0x001b2228] = 0xcafe0100
                              arg1[0x001b221c] = 0x00000000
                              arg2[0x001b2220] = 0x00000000
                              arg3[0x001b2224] = 0x00000000

                              ifconfig yields the followings results with a DAC plugged in and connected to my SFP+ switch

                              ql0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                              options=8013b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE>
                              ether 2c:59:e5:xx:xx:xx
                              hwaddr 2c:59:e5:xx:xx:xx
                              nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                              media: Ethernet autoselect
                              status: no carrier
                              ql1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                              options=8013b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE>
                              ether 2c:59:e5:xx:xx:xx
                              hwaddr 2c:59:e5:xx:xx:xx
                              nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                              media: Ethernet autoselect
                              status: no carrier

                              Any thoughts about possible issues? What version of firmware is your card using?

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                                pragalbh @homelabber
                                last edited by

                                @homelabber Try doing
                                Go To System >> Advance >> System Tunables >> add new
                                Tunables : if_qlxgb_load
                                Value: YES
                                Discription : SFP+ (or anything you can remember)
                                Save
                                After this go to the interface and set the mtu = 9000

                                Also read [FreeBSD Manual Pages QLXGB(4)] (https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=qlxgb&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports)

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  @pragalbh said in HP Qlogic NC523SFP Driver install Freebsd 11 pfsense kernal recompile:

                                  Go To System >> Advance >> System Tunables >> add new
                                  Tunables : if_qlxgb_load
                                  Value: YES

                                  That won't work there, it's a loader varialble you need to put it in /boot/loader.conf.local as @dotdash described above.

                                  The system tunables section there is for sysctls, it equates to sysctl.conf in FreeBSD.

                                  Steve

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                                  • viktor_gV
                                    viktor_g Netgate
                                    last edited by

                                    In 2.4.5-p1:
                                    Added support for QLogic 10Gbit/s Ethernet interfaces (qlxgb)

                                    https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-2-4-5-release-p1-now-available.html

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                                      maartenv
                                      last edited by

                                      I have this card installed in pfSense 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64) but unfortunately I get for both Lan Interfaces lq0 and lq1 "No-Carrier" and status down. Though the bios and also pfSense recognize the card and the driver also seems to be loaded.

                                      Can anybody help me to get this card working?

                                      Output following commands
                                      : sysctl kern.conftxt | grep qlx
                                      device qlxgb
                                      : strings /boot/kernel/kernel | grep qlxgb
                                      device qlxgb
                                      : kldstat -v | grep qla80xx
                                      637 pci/qla80xx

                                      : ifconfig
                                      re0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                      options=8209b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,WOL_MAGIC,LINKSTATE>
                                      ether a8:a1:59:27:d2:04
                                      hwaddr a8:a1:59:27:d2:04
                                      inet6 fe80::aaa1:59ff:fe27:d204%re0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
                                      inet 192.168.1.80 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
                                      nd6 options=23<PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                      media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
                                      status: active
                                      ql0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                      options=8003b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,LINKSTATE>
                                      ether a0:1d:48:98:02:78
                                      hwaddr a0:1d:48:98:02:78
                                      inet6 fe80::a21d:48ff:fe98:278%ql0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                                      inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255
                                      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                      media: Ethernet autoselect
                                      status: no carrier
                                      ql1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                      options=8003b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,LINKSTATE>
                                      ether a0:1d:48:98:02:7c
                                      hwaddr a0:1d:48:98:02:7c
                                      inet6 fe80::a21d:48ff:fe98:27c%ql1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
                                      inet 192.168.20.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.20.255
                                      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                      media: Ethernet autoselect
                                      status: no carrier
                                      enc0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1536
                                      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                      groups: enc
                                      lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
                                      options=680003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                                      inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
                                      inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
                                      inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
                                      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                      groups: lo
                                      pfsync0: flags=0<> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                      groups: pfsync
                                      pflog0: flags=100<PROMISC> metric 0 mtu 33160
                                      groups: pflog
                                      ue0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                      ether 00:e0:4a:68:95:52
                                      hwaddr 00:e0:4a:68:95:52
                                      nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>

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                                      • stephenw10S
                                        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                        last edited by

                                        Try running ifconfig -vvvm ql0 when it's connected.

                                        Does the card itself show link? Does whatever it's attached to?

                                        Steve

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                                          maartenv
                                          last edited by

                                          @stephenw10 said in HP Qlogic NC523SFP Driver install Freebsd 11 pfsense kernal recompile:

                                          Try running ifconfig -vvvm ql0 when it's connected.

                                          Does the card itself show link? Does whatever it's attached to? What do you mean by that? No link light (only briefly on during boot, but than switches off) For testing connected to media > rj45 converter, also nothing happens. By the way I gave 3 of those cards, each of them same result

                                          Steve

                                          Hello Steve
                                          What do you mean with "Does the card itself show link?" No link light (only on during boot, but than switches off) For testing connected to media > rj45 converter, also nothing happens. By the way I gave 3 of those cards, each of them same result

                                          pfSense Interfaces Status
                                          Status
                                          no carrier
                                          MAC Address
                                          a0:1d:48:98:02:78
                                          IPv4 Address
                                          192.168.10.1
                                          Subnet mask IPv4
                                          255.255.255.0
                                          IPv6 Link Local
                                          fe80::a21d:48ff:fe98:278%ql0
                                          MTU
                                          1500
                                          Media
                                          autoselect
                                          In/out packets
                                          0/1 (0 B/76 B)
                                          In/out packets (pass)
                                          0/1 (0 B/76 B)
                                          In/out packets (block)
                                          0/0 (0 B/0 B)
                                          In/out errors
                                          0/0
                                          Collisions
                                          0

                                          ifconfig -vvvm ql0

                                          ql0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                                          options=8003b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,LINKSTATE>
                                          capabilities=8013b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,TSO4,LINKSTATE>
                                          ether a0:1d:48:98:02:78
                                          hwaddr a0:1d:48:98:02:78
                                          inet6 fe80::a21d:48ff:fe98:278%ql0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
                                          inet 192.168.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.10.255
                                          nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                                          media: Ethernet autoselect
                                          status: no carrier
                                          supported media:
                                          media autoselect
                                          media 10Gbase-SR mediaopt full-duplex

                                          Maarten

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                                          • stephenw10S
                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                            last edited by

                                            @maartenv said in HP Qlogic NC523SFP Driver install Freebsd 11 pfsense kernal recompile:

                                            media 10Gbase-SR mediaopt full-duplex

                                            Hmm, it only shows 10Gbase-SR as an available connection and you're trying to use 10Gbase-T.

                                            If you try a different SFP+ module in the NIC does it show any other available link types? Or any further info from the module?

                                            It may just not be compatible with 10Gbase-T modules.

                                            Steve

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