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      NRgia @TheNarc
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      @TheNarc said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

      I can confirm that I built the Realtek driver using the official FreeBSD 11.3-RELEASE VM image, and it loads and works.

      Hi @TheNarc
      Which one exactly 11.3-Release or 11.3-Stable. Because from what I see pfSense was built with stable:
      2.4.5-RELEASE (amd64)
      built on Tue Mar 24 15:25:50 EDT 2020
      FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE
      Hence my VM machine on which I've compiled is the 11.3-Stable version. And I think maybe the build date also matters?

      Thanks

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        TheNarc @NRgia
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        @NRgia I apologize, you're correct; I should never trust my memory. I went back and checked and it was the stable image that I used:
        http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/VM-IMAGES/11.3-STABLE/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-11.3-STABLE-amd64.vhd.xz

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          NRgia @TheNarc
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          @TheNarc said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

          http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/VM-IMAGES/11.3-STABLE/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-11.3-STABLE-amd64.vhd.xz

          I'll try with the one you provided and post a feedback afterwards.
          Thanks

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            NRgia
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            @TheNarc I've remembered why I didn't used an already created VM, it lacked the kernel source.

            I got this when I try to compile:

            source.png

            Do you know which src.txz you used for usr/src/ or which one to fetch?

            Thanks

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              TheNarc @NRgia
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              @NRgia Just checked, and I did use the 11.3-RELEASE source, which adds to the confusion I guess. But it did work for me. Plus I don't see the 11.3-STABLE source, at least on this FTP server:
              ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/11.3-RELEASE/src.txz

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                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate @TheNarc
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                @TheNarc said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

                @NRgia Just checked, and I did use the 11.3-RELEASE source, which adds to the confusion I guess. But it did work for me. Plus I don't see the 11.3-STABLE source, at least on this FTP server:
                ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/11.3-RELEASE/src.txz

                The source for STABLE is always changing. You'd have to check out a specific commit from svn or git.

                As you can see on https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions-of-pfsense-and-freebsd.html#id1 we have listed the specific point on 11-STABLE used for 2.4.5.

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                  NRgia @TheNarc
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                  @TheNarc said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

                  @NRgia Just checked, and I did use the 11.3-RELEASE source, which adds to the confusion I guess. But it did work for me. Plus I don't see the 11.3-STABLE source, at least on this FTP server:
                  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/11.3-RELEASE/src.txz

                  There is for stable also:
                  https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/snapshots/amd64/11.3-STABLE/src.txz

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                    NRgia @jimp
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                    @jimp said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

                    @TheNarc said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

                    @NRgia Just checked, and I did use the 11.3-RELEASE source, which adds to the confusion I guess. But it did work for me. Plus I don't see the 11.3-STABLE source, at least on this FTP server:
                    ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/11.3-RELEASE/src.txz

                    The source for STABLE is always changing. You'd have to check out a specific commit from svn or git.

                    As you can see on https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions-of-pfsense-and-freebsd.html#id1 we have listed the specific point on 11-STABLE used for 2.4.5.

                    And how can I take the exact one?

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                      TheNarc
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                      The stable/11 branch is here:
                      https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/commits/stable/11
                      But I've been unsuccessful in linking r357046 to a commit hash, which is not entirely surprising as I'm not too well versed in git. I thought github's search would be able to find it, but I haven't had luck yet. I'll let you know if I locate it though.

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                        NRgia @TheNarc
                        last edited by NRgia

                        @TheNarc said in Cannot load a compiled .ko Intel NIC driver to pfSense 2.4.5:

                        The stable/11 branch is here:
                        https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/commits/stable/11
                        But I've been unsuccessful in linking r357046 to a commit hash, which is not entirely surprising as I'm not too well versed in git. I thought github's search would be able to find it, but I haven't had luck yet. I'll let you know if I locate it though.

                        It will be good to know, but I managed to compile it as follows:

                        1. The VM image didn't had enough space, so I've created a VM from 11.3-STABLE ISO
                        2. Installed subversion (svn)
                        3. Used the following:
                        svn checkout https://svn.FreeBSD.org/base/release/11.3.0 /usr/src/

                        to download the source - So you were right using Release SRC on STABLE. I still don't understand why it works, but I'm glad it did.

                        What I saw in the FreeBSD svn manual, is that we can use svn -r (and the number of revision), in order to update the source to exact revision. But it didn't worked for me, or it's a more complex syntax, or I don't have access to the repository. If you find out please let me know. We will need it when pfSense based on FreeBSD 12 will be released :)

                        In the end I would like to thank you, for all your tips @TheNarc , @stephenw10 and @jimp . It worked 👍

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