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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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                          maartenv @maartenv
                          last edited by

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

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

                          Thinking about it, most likely is that the media converters are the problem, not the DAC cable because I also received a Cisco SFP H10GB CU cable together with one of the NICS, so I suppose that should work. Tomorrow I will receive a new computer on which I will install Freebsd or Linux and one of the other NIC's and connect the pfSense box directly to this new computer.

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Ah sorry, I thought you meant SFP+ RJ-45 modules but in fact you mean separate media converters?

                            I would also expect those to work with DAC cables though maybe not at 1G. That often requires setting the link speed manually and it doesn't appear to be giving you that option.

                            I would still try some different modules in there to see if it reports anything different.

                            You could also try just linking the two QK NICs with a DAC cable directly just to see if they do then link and what media the driver reports.

                            Steve

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                              maartenv @stephenw10
                              last edited by

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

                              You could also try just linking the two QK NICs with a DAC cable directly just to see if they do then link and what media the driver reports.

                              Hello Stephen,

                              I installed a second pc and connected pfSense with the linux guest pc (Both with an HP Qlogic NC523SFP nic) and now both interfaces are up. (also the port lights of both nics are burning) It seems that the problem was with the media converter.

                              Nevertheless I get no connection between pfSense and the guest pc. On pfSense I continuously get the following error

                              Jul 29 19:28:47 pfSense kernel: ql0: qla_hw_send: (nsegs[1, 42, 0x0] > Q8_TX_MAX_SEGMENTS)
                              Jul 29 19:28:47 pfSense kernel: ql0: qla_dump_buf8: qla_hw_send: wrong pkt 0x2a dump start
                              Jul 29 19:28:47 pfSense kernel: ql0: 0x00000000: c4 34 6b cc b1 f0 c4 34 6b cc f9 e0 08 06 00 01
                              Jul 29 19:28:47 pfSense kernel: ql0: 0x00000010: 08 00 06 04 00 02 c4 34 6b cc f9 e0 c0 a8 0a 01
                              Jul 29 19:28:47 pfSense kernel: ql0: 0x00000020: c4 34 6b cc b1 f0 c0 a8 0a 0b
                              Jul 29 19:28:47 pfSense kernel: ql0: qla_dump_buf8: qla_hw_send: wrong pkt dump end

                              The above message stops when I assign a static ip address (in the correct ip range! Because the guest pc keeps searching for a dhcp address) but I still don't get a Lan connection. Also Status/DHCP Leases in pfSense stay empty though I Enabled DHCP server on LAN interface

                              Both nics are set to 10Gb full duplex (the guest pc manually) And the hardware of both pfSense and the guest PC is 100% identical.

                              Shell Output - 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 c4:34:6b:cc:f9:e0
                              hwaddr c4:34:6b:cc:f9:e0
                              inet6 fe80::c634:6bff:fecc:f9e0%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 10Gbase-SR <full-duplex>
                              status: active
                              supported media:
                              media autoselect
                              media 10Gbase-SR mediaopt full-duplex

                              And this is dmesg.boot
                              Copyright (c) 1992-2020 The FreeBSD Project.
                              Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
                              The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
                              FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
                              FreeBSD 11.3-STABLE #243 abf8cba50ce(RELENG_2_4_5): Tue Jun 2 17:53:37 EDT 2020
                              root@buildbot1-nyi.netgate.com:/build/ce-crossbuild-245/obj/amd64/YNx4Qq3j/build/ce-crossbuild-245/sources/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense amd64
                              FreeBSD clang version 8.0.1 (tags/RELEASE_801/final 366581) (based on LLVM 8.0.1)
                              VT(vga): resolution 640x480
                              CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics (3593.33-MHz K8-class CPU)
                              Origin="AuthenticAMD" Id=0x810f81 Family=0x17 Model=0x18 Stepping=1
                              Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
                              Features2=0x7ed8320b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,FMA,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
                              AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
                              AMD Features2=0x35c233ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,SKINIT,WDT,TCE,Topology,PCXC,PNXC,DBE,PL2I,MWAITX>
                              Structured Extended Features=0x209c01a9<FSGSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,SHA>
                              XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
                              AMD Extended Feature Extensions ID EBX=0x1007<CLZERO,IRPerf,XSaveErPtr>
                              SVM: NP,NRIP,VClean,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=32768
                              TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
                              real memory = 17179869184 (16384 MB)
                              avail memory = 14359818240 (13694 MB)
                              Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
                              ACPI APIC Table: <ALASKA A M I >
                              FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs
                              FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)
                              ioapic0 <Version 2.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
                              ioapic1 <Version 2.1> irqs 24-55 on motherboard
                              SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
                              SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
                              SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
                              Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1796665086 Hz quality 1000
                              random: entropy device external interface
                              ipw_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
                              ipw_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806a2f20, 0) error 1
                              wlan: mac acl policy registered
                              ipw_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
                              ipw_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff806a2fd0, 0) error 1
                              ipw_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_ipw.LICENSE.
                              ipw_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_ipw.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (ipw_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff806a3080, 0) error 1
                              iwi_bss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
                              iwi_bss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_bss_fw, 0xffffffff806ca140, 0) error 1
                              iwi_ibss: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
                              iwi_ibss: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_ibss_fw, 0xffffffff806ca1f0, 0) error 1
                              iwi_monitor: You need to read the LICENSE file in /usr/share/doc/legal/intel_iwi.LICENSE.
                              iwi_monitor: If you agree with the license, set legal.intel_iwi.license_ack=1 in /boot/loader.conf.
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (iwi_monitor_fw, 0xffffffff806ca2a0, 0) error 1
                              kbd1 at kbdmux0
                              000.000022 [4213] netmap_init netmap: loaded module
                              module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vesa, 0xffffffff812d9960, 0) error 19
                              random: registering fast source Intel Secure Key RNG
                              random: fast provider: "Intel Secure Key RNG"
                              mlx5en: Mellanox Ethernet driver 3.5.2 (September 2019)
                              nexus0
                              vtvga0: <VT VGA driver> on motherboard
                              cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
                              padlock0: No ACE support.
                              acpi0: <ALASKA A M I > on motherboard
                              acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
                              cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
                              cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
                              cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
                              cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
                              attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43 irq 0 on acpi0
                              Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
                              Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
                              atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x71 on acpi0
                              atrtc0: registered as a time-of-day clock, resolution 1.000000s
                              Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
                              hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff irq 0,8 on acpi0
                              Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
                              Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
                              Event timer "HPET1" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
                              Event timer "HPET2" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 450
                              Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850
                              acpi_timer0: <32-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
                              pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
                              pcib0: _OSC returned error 0x10
                              pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
                              pci0: <base peripheral, IOMMU> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
                              pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.2 on pci0
                              pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
                              xhci0: <XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xfc9a0000-0xfc9a7fff irq 28 at device 0.0 on pci1
                              xhci0: 32 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
                              xhci0: Unable to map MSI-X table
                              usbus0 on xhci0
                              usbus0: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
                              ahci0: <AHCI SATA controller> mem 0xfc980000-0xfc99ffff irq 29 at device 0.1 on pci1
                              ahci0: AHCI v1.31 with 8 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported
                              ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
                              ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
                              ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci0
                              ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci0
                              pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 30 at device 0.2 on pci1
                              pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
                              pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 28 at device 0.0 on pci2
                              pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
                              pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 29 at device 1.0 on pci2
                              pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
                              re0: <RealTek 8168/8111 B/C/CP/D/DP/E/F/G PCIe Gigabit Ethernet> port 0xf000-0xf0ff mem 0xfc800000-0xfc800fff,0xf0300000-0xf0303fff irq 29 at device 0.0 on pci4
                              re0: Using 1 MSI-X message
                              re0: Chip rev. 0x4c000000
                              re0: MAC rev. 0x00000000
                              miibus0: <MII bus> on re0
                              rgephy0: <RTL8251 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
                              rgephy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
                              re0: Using defaults for TSO: 65518/35/2048
                              re0: Ethernet address: a8:a1:59:27:d2:04
                              re0: netmap queues/slots: TX 1/256, RX 1/256
                              pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 28 at device 4.0 on pci2
                              pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
                              ql0: <Qlogic ISP 80xx PCI CNA Adapter-Ethernet Function v1.1.36> mem 0xfc400000-0xfc5fffff,0xfc690000-0xfc69ffff irq 28 at device 0.0 on pci5
                              ql0: qla_pci_attach: firmware[4.20.1.1429931003]
                              ql0: Ethernet address: c4:34:6b:cc:f9:e0
                              ql1: <Qlogic ISP 80xx PCI CNA Adapter-Ethernet Function v1.1.36> mem 0xfc200000-0xfc3fffff,0xfc680000-0xfc68ffff irq 28 at device 0.1 on pci5
                              ql1: qla_pci_attach: firmware[4.20.1.1429931003]
                              ql1: Ethernet address: c4:34:6b:cc:f9:e4
                              pcib6: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 8.1 on pci0
                              pci6: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib6
                              vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff,0xf0000000-0xf01fffff,0xfcd00000-0xfcd7ffff irq 52 at device 0.0 on pci6
                              vgapci0: Boot video device
                              hdac0: <ATI (0x15de) HDA Controller> mem 0xfcd88000-0xfcd8bfff irq 53 at device 0.1 on pci6
                              pci6: <encrypt/decrypt> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
                              xhci1: <XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xfcb00000-0xfcbfffff irq 55 at device 0.3 on pci6
                              xhci1: 64 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
                              xhci1: Unable to map MSI-X table
                              usbus1 on xhci1
                              usbus1: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
                              xhci2: <XHCI (generic) USB 3.0 controller> mem 0xfca00000-0xfcafffff irq 52 at device 0.4 on pci6
                              xhci2: 64 bytes context size, 64-bit DMA
                              xhci2: Unable to map MSI-X table
                              usbus2 on xhci2
                              usbus2: 5.0Gbps Super Speed USB v3.0
                              hdac1: <AMD (0x15e3) HDA Controller> mem 0xfcd80000-0xfcd87fff irq 54 at device 0.6 on pci6
                              pcib7: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 8.2 on pci0
                              pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib7
                              ahci1: <AMD KERNCZ AHCI SATA controller> mem 0xfce00000-0xfce007ff irq 54 at device 0.0 on pci7
                              ahci1: AHCI v1.31 with 1 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS
                              ahcich8: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci1
                              isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 20.3 on pci0
                              isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
                              acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
                              uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
                              atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
                              atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
                              kbd0 at atkbd0
                              atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
                              ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
                              hwpstate0: <Cool`n'Quiet 2.0> on cpu0
                              ZFS filesystem version: 5
                              ZFS storage pool version: features support (5000)
                              Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
                              hdacc0: <ATI R6xx HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac0
                              hdaa0: <ATI R6xx Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc0
                              pcm0: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 3 on hdaa0
                              pcm1: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 5 on hdaa0
                              pcm2: <ATI R6xx (HDMI)> at nid 7 on hdaa0
                              hdacc1: <Realtek ALC892 HDA CODEC> at cad 0 on hdac1
                              hdaa1: <Realtek ALC892 Audio Function Group> at nid 1 on hdacc1
                              pcm3: <Realtek ALC892 (Rear Analog)> at nid 20 and 24,26 on hdaa1
                              pcm4: <Realtek ALC892 (Front Analog)> at nid 27 and 25 on hdaa1
                              ugen1.1: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB> at usbus1
                              ugen0.1: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB> at usbus0
                              ugen2.1: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB> at usbus2
                              uhub0: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
                              uhub2: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
                              uhub1: <0x1022 XHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 3.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus2
                              uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
                              uhub0: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered
                              uhub2: 22 ports with 22 removable, self powered
                              ugen0.2: <USB USB Keyboard> at usbus0
                              ukbd0 on uhub2
                              ukbd0: <USB USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 1> on usbus0
                              kbd2 at ukbd0
                              uhid0 on uhub2
                              uhid0: <USB USB Keyboard, class 0/0, rev 1.10/1.10, addr 1> on usbus0
                              ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
                              ada0: <ST250DM000-1BD141 KC48> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device
                              ada0: Serial Number Z6EK74HT
                              ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
                              ada0: Command Queueing enabled
                              ada0: 238475MB (488397168 512 byte sectors)
                              ada0: quirks=0x1<4K>
                              ada1 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
                              ada1: <ST250DM000-1BD141 KC48> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device
                              ada1: Serial Number Z6EK54KD
                              ada1: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
                              ada1: Command Queueing enabled
                              ada1: 238475MB (488397168 512 byte sectors)
                              ada1: quirks=0x1<4K>
                              random: unblocking device.
                              Trying to mount root from zfs:FW02/ROOT/default []...
                              CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics (3593.33-MHz K8-class CPU)
                              Origin="AuthenticAMD" Id=0x810f81 Family=0x17 Model=0x18 Stepping=1
                              Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
                              Features2=0x7ed8320b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,FMA,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
                              AMD Features=0x2e500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
                              AMD Features2=0x35c233ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,SKINIT,WDT,TCE,Topology,PCXC,PNXC,DBE,PL2I,MWAITX>
                              Structured Extended Features=0x209c01a9<FSGSBASE,BMI1,AVX2,SMEP,BMI2,RDSEED,ADX,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,SHA>
                              XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
                              AMD Extended Feature Extensions ID EBX=0x1007<CLZERO,IRPerf,XSaveErPtr>
                              SVM: NP,NRIP,VClean,AFlush,DAssist,NAsids=32768
                              TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics

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                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by stephenw10

                                Some hardware off loading error maybe? Make sure that are all disabled in Sys > Adv > Networking.

                                Otherwise that's probably a question for the FreeBSD forum. There are likely many more people running those NICs there.

                                This looks relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/freenas/comments/957hz0/hp_nc523sfp_10gb/

                                Steve

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                                  maartenv @stephenw10
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                                  @stephenw10

                                  Hello Stephen

                                  It seems to be a bug: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=226217
                                  also they show how that bug can be fixed and as I am not a programmer I don't how to do that.

                                  But luckily there is also a simple workaround for it: First take out the cable(s) and do: ifconfig ql0 & ql1 mtu 1500 and that works fine, I get a connection! 😊

                                  Now I am putting these commands in /boot/loader.conf.local and will check if this also works. I will let you know

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

                                    Now I am putting these commands in /boot/loader.conf.local and will check if this also works. I will let you know

                                    Unfortunately loading these commands don't work with /boot/loader.conf.local

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                                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                      last edited by stephenw10

                                      Yeah, those are not boot loader commands.

                                      You might be able to run them as early shellcmds either directly or call a shell script:
                                      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/executing-commands-at-boot-time.html

                                      They have to be run with the cable actually disconnected? Not just DOWN the interface?

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

                                        Yeah, those are not boot loader commands.

                                        You might be able to run them as early shellcmds either directly or call a shell script:
                                        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/executing-commands-at-boot-time.html

                                        They have to be run with the cable actually disconnected? Not just DOWN the interface?

                                        You are probably right, but I did not yet try that. Also I will try to find the source file with the bugs on FreeBSD, change the lines with the bugs, compile the file and than copy the new file to pfSense.
                                        I will keep you informed about both solutions

                                        Maarten

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