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      Edouard Moreau @stephenw10
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      Re: NIC Broadcom 57412 10Gb not recognized
      Hello,
      I have exactly the same problem with a brand new Dell Poweredge R440 with two BCM57412 (10G SFP+), one BCM57416 (10G Base-T) and two onboard BCM5720 1Gb ports. Only the 1Gb ports are reconized on pfsense 2.4.4, none of the 10Gb ports.

      pciconf is same as Alain :
      [2.4.4-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/root: pciconf -lv
      [...]
      bge0@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x001f1028 chip=0x165f14e4 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      bge1@pci0:4:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x001f1028 chip=0x165f14e4 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      none74@pci0:59:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x412114e4 chip=0x16d614e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'BCM57412 NetXtreme-E 10Gb RDMA Ethernet Controller'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      none75@pci0:59:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x412114e4 chip=0x16d614e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'BCM57412 NetXtreme-E 10Gb RDMA Ethernet Controller'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      none88@pci0:94:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x1fea1028 chip=0x16d814e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA Ethernet Controller'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      none89@pci0:94:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x1fea1028 chip=0x16d814e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Dual-Media 10G RDMA Ethernet Controller'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      none156@pci0:175:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x412114e4 chip=0x16d614e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'BCM57412 NetXtreme-E 10Gb RDMA Ethernet Controller'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet
      none157@pci0:175:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x412114e4 chip=0x16d614e4 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
      vendor = 'Broadcom Limited'
      device = 'BCM57412 NetXtreme-E 10Gb RDMA Ethernet Controller'
      class = network
      subclass = ethernet

      Dmesg don't seem to show some particular driver error, just :
      pci7: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
      pci7: <network, ethernet> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)

      (full dmesg here : https://pastebin.com/SsryZ08C)

      I updated the cards firmware to 20.08.04.04, booted in UEFI or BIOS and try several settings via the cards bios, but without any success so far.

      I would be very glad if I could provide some help with this issue.

      Edouard

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        Edouard Moreau @Edouard Moreau
        last edited by Edouard Moreau

        Well, I manage to get the 10Gb interfaces working, but not yet in a satisfactory way.

        I installed FreeBSD 11.2 on one server and like pfSense the 10Gb interfaces didn't show up after install. But the bnxt driver module was present in /boot/kernel and manual loading via 'kldload if_bnxt.ko' get all things up as intended.

        Back to pfSense 2.4.4, I couln't find the bnxt module to load. However copying /boot/kernel/if_bnxt.ko from FreeBSD to pfSense permit me to load it and get interfaces up. Finaly putting 'if_bnxt_load="YES"' in /boot/loader.conf.local made the module load on boot.

        That sure is a crude workaround, as I would prefer not having to manualy add a kernel module. I looked for a bnxt kernel driver or module if pfsense without success.

        Is there a way to force the bnxt driver shipped with pfSense to load ? If not, where is the recommanded location to place if_bnxt.ko for it to persist upon future upgrades ?

        Regards,

        Edouard

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        • GrimsonG
          Grimson Banned @Edouard Moreau
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          @edouard-moreau said in NIC Broadcom 57412 10Gb not recognized:

          If not, where is the recommanded location to place if_bnxt.ko for it to persist upon future upgrades ?

          Further upgrades will likely bump the FreeBSD version and as such will require a new matching kernel module anyway. So your best bet is to open a request on https://redmine.pfsense.org/ to have it included by default.

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            Edouard Moreau @Grimson
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            @grimson You're right. But this driver is supposed to already be part of pfSense, as Steve stated.

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              Grimson Banned @Edouard Moreau
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              @edouard-moreau said in NIC Broadcom 57412 10Gb not recognized:

              @grimson You're right. But this driver is supposed to already be part of pfSense, as Steve stated.

              Then open a bug report on redmine.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by stephenw10

                Whilst the driver is in the codebase it does not look like it's being built:

                [2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root: kldstat -v | grep bnxt
[2.4.5-DEVELOPMENT][admin@5100.stevew.lan]/root:

                So, yes, open that as a feature request on redmine to get it added.

                Steve

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                  Edouard Moreau
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                  Feature request created : https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9155

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                    rivest1000 @Edouard Moreau
                    last edited by

                    @Edouard-Moreau Can you please send me a link for the if_bnxt.ko driver? I having the same problem with Broadcom 57412 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+.

                    [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.localdomain]/root: dmesg | grep eth
                    pci6: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
                    pci6: <network, ethernet> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)
                    pci6: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
                    pci6: <network, ethernet> at device 0.1 (no driver attached)

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by stephenw10

                      Get it from the FreeBSD 11.2 ISO image.

                      Comment on the feature request if it works for you.

                      Steve

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                        rivest1000 @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 I simply copied the file via scp and ran kldload ./if_bnxt.ko ; is that all I need to do? Do you mind sending instructions?

                        I do see it now with kldstat :

                        /root: kldstat -v | grep bnxt
                        3 1 0xffffffff83223000 15b38 if_bnxt.ko (./if_bnxt.ko)
                        659 pci/bnxt

                        just reboot?

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                          rivest1000 @rivest1000
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                          @rivest1000 Oh I guess I don't need a reboot :) :

                          bnxt0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                          options=e527bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                          ether b0:26:28:24:eb:e0
                          hwaddr b0:26:28:24:eb:e0
                          nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                          media: Ethernet autoselect (10Gbase-SR <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
                          status: active
                          bnxt1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
                          options=e527bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,LRO,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWFILTER,VLAN_HWTSO,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
                          ether b0:26:28:24:eb:e1
                          hwaddr b0:26:28:24:eb:e1
                          nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
                          media: Ethernet autoselect (10Gbase-SR <full-duplex,rxpause,txpause>)
                          status: active

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Yup, you should just be able to kldload it like that. Put the kernel module in /boot/modules and then add the line if_bnxt_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf.local so that it loads correctly at boot.

                            Steve

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                              Edouard Moreau @stephenw10
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                              @stephenw10
                              I'm glad that you were able to get your nic working, but please comment on the feature request at https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9155. It would be much more confortable not to have to use the workaround every major update.

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                                rivest1000 @stephenw10
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                                @stephenw10 Is there still an issue with pinging IPs on these interfaces? I got the to come up, but no ping after configuring same IPs that were on the 1G nics.

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                                  rivest1000 @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10 I can get the nic to ping for about 5 minutes and then dies. Cannot ping out or in. It also doesn't seem to work with a tagged Vlan at all :(. Is this a driver issue?

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                                    rivest1000 @stephenw10
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                                    @stephenw10 I believe I figured it out. It was not pinging when I made a vlan tag. I had to run "ifconfig bnxt0 promisc". how can I force it to stay promisc on reboot? and is it safe to leave promisc on in production environment?

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                                    • stephenw10S
                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by

                                      Usually that's no problem. You can use a shellcmd to put the NIC promiscuous mode.

                                      You should probably try disabling any hw vlan tagging on the NIC too. That may be the cause there.

                                      Steve

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                                      • viktor_gV
                                        viktor_g Netgate
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                                        now in 2.5:
                                        https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9155#note-7

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