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    AES-NI CPU Crypto: No

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Hmmm, weird.

      It might still be in dmesg in the buffer if you rebooted recently.

      Or in the system logs from the last boot.

      Steve

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      • Bob.DigB
        Bob.Dig LAYER 8
        last edited by Bob.Dig

        If you delete logs it will clear that too and will report AES:No.
        That behavior was "fixed" in 2.4.5p1, but came back with 2.5.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by stephenw10

          Ah. Hmm

          Was there a bug for that? Not seeing one...

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          • maverickwsM
            maverickws
            last edited by

            The uptime is since the 2.5.0 update so 14 days uptime.

            With grep looking for the CPU model (3865U) I don't get anything so I'd say its not on the system log.
            I have to wait a few hours until I can reboot.

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            • Bob.DigB
              Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @stephenw10
              last edited by Bob.Dig

              @stephenw10 No, just me posting it here. And there is one.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by stephenw10

                There is a current bug for it though: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11428

                Looks like that's what you're seeing. It's a gui bug, you would still be able to load the module and use the instructions.

                Steve

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                • maverickwsM
                  maverickws
                  last edited by maverickws

                  man looking at that bug and reading this:

                  Updated by Jim Pingle 15 days ago

                  Subject changed from CPU Type, some information disappear on 2.5.0 RC to CPU core details disappear after resetting log files
                  Priority changed from Normal to Very Low
                  Target version changed from 2.6.0 to Future

                  Very low and future really got my hopes up.

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                  • maverickwsM
                    maverickws
                    last edited by

                    By the way I'm sorry if this remark may seem stupid but,

                    what is the point of adding an OS Boot tab under
                    Status > System Logs > System > OS Boot

                    if the log is emptied??
                    I didn't manually reset any log files so I assume this is automatic. So its like a new tab to be empty?

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      It should not be emptied. That should only be manual.

                      This is the first report of this I've seen because most people never reset the logs.

                      Steve

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                      • maverickwsM
                        maverickws @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 I never reset the logs either.

                        Anyway this is my home office pfsense. I have a couple more virtualized on Xen, they have 3 days uptime. I'll keep an eye on them and let know if the same happens.

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                        • maverickwsM
                          maverickws
                          last edited by

                          Hello again,
                          As promised I rebooted our router late last night and now dmesg.boot is correctly populated, and the System Information correctly displays AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (Active):

                          Features2=0x4ffaebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Hmm, not sure why you ended up with no logs then. That is the reason for the missing CPU data though.

                            Steve

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                              MoonKnight @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              It's probably this bug: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11428

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Yes, it's that. As I linked above. 😉

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