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    HP Qlogic NC523SFP Driver install Freebsd 11 pfsense kernal recompile

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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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              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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                                            maartenv @stephenw10
                                            last edited by

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

                                            @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
                                            Hello Steve,

                                            Thanks for your help. I was under the impression that DAC cables with 10G sfp+ Modules (for short distances) were compatible with 10Gbase-SR and the this NIC can handle both 1Gb (because the media converter that I bought for testing can only do 1Gb) and 10Gb. (because I thought the only difference is that copper is used instead of fiber). So am I wrong and must the NIC itself also be 10Gbase-T compatible?
                                            Quite complex (for a newbie) all these different cables and modules for 10G sfp+ NIC's Also it is interesting to see that the DAC cable works fine between two Media Converters (I have two of them) So probably you are right and is the NIC not 10Gbase-T compatible and now I am curious if the Media Converters will be 10Gbase-SR compatible?

                                            Anyway I will buy 10Gbase-SR modules and see what happens than. I will keep you informed.

                                            Maarten

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