I225-V is really an I225-IT and needs a patch

AlanMo

Seems like in by brand new Bee-Link GTI 11 with a dual Intel I225 chipset is not an I225-V but rather an I225-IT with firmware 1.79. (There are other similar mini-pc out there as well. )Sadly this device fails at driver loading in all versions of fpSense with:

igc0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I225-V>
igc0: Setup of shared code failed, error -2
igc0: IFDI_ATTACH_PRE failed 6

This seems to be a well known issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/intel/+bug/1945548

And has been patched for FreeBSD 14 (And Ubuntu 22.04).

Any thoughts on what it might take to get this patch back into pfSense so I can use my new toy? Otherwise maybe some tips on how to build (or get) a patched module for 2.6. Thanks!

stephenw10

Is it actually PCI ID 0x0d9f?

https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/RELENG_2_6_0/sys/dev/igc/igc_hw.h#L26

Have you tested FreeBSD 14?

The only thing present there but not yet in a 2.7 snapshot is this:
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/commit/6f3c0d2764f230444818a95009028861493c1594

Steve

AlanMo

Hi @stephenw10 thank you so much for replying.
Indeed you are correct, my device is
IGC_DEV_ID_I225_V 0x15F3

So bit of a Red Herring on I225-IT.

But yes, my mini-PC works great with FreeBSD 14.

So it must be the change you identified (Default to always accepting the PHY that's present) is needed to get I225-V with firmware 1.79 working in pfSense.

Are you able to be the hero and incorporate that patch into to 2.7 (and eventually 2.6.x)? Happy to test with a local build!

stephenw10

It likely won't be in dev anytime soon because it's currently only in FreeBSD main (14).
pfSense is currently built against 12 stable but I would expect to see that in 13 stable at least before we pulled it in if required.
It's a simple patch though, I'll see if we can cherry-pick it.

Steve

AlanMo

Thanks so much @stephenw10 for the consideration!!

stephenw10

Actually a patch that includes this already appears to be in 22.05 snapshots.

Are you able to test that?

Steve

AlanMo

Great news!! I'll try over the weekend!!

AlanMo

VICTORY!! Can't thank you enough @stephenw10 !!

stephenw10

Ah, nice result!

AlanMo

One more expression of appreciation @stephenw10 : I'm getting consistent 150Mb/s+ IPSEC on this thing. It's a beast! Thanks again!!