Unsupported AFBR-700SDZ SFP+ module with 82598EB 10-Gigabit AF Dual Port Network Connection

[Jack Vogel]

A new version of ixgbe was committed this afternoon, 2.5.13, it now has a
compile-time
option of using unsupported optics. Keep in mind that if you have issues
I'm going to
ask if it can be reproduced with supported optics as a first step :)

Cheers,

Jack



On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Haven Hash <havenster at gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe there are two checks, one for Intel specific SFP modules (as some
> cards have their EEPROM's configured to only accept Intel branded optics),
> which this patch deals with, and another separate check for supported SFP's
> which is not addressed by this. Support SFP's include adapters from Finisar
> and a few other vendors, there's probably a list somewhere, but it does not
> include various types of Twinax cable (which will work if you load the
> driver then insert the cable, but the driver will refuse to create the
> interfaces if the cable is plugged in at the time it loads).
>
> I believe Jack is going to try and make these checks optional sometime in
> the future so you can try and use any SFP like with the Chelsio cards.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:08 AM, Boris Kochergin <spawk at acm.poly.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, but this does not work.
> >
> > ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.4.8>
> > port 0xece0-0xecff mem
> > 0xdf360000-0xdf37ffff,0xdf3c0000-0xdf3fffff,0xdf33c000-0xdf33ffff irq 45
> > at device 0.1 on pci6
> > ix0: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors
> > ix0: Unsupported SFP+ Module
> > ix0: Hardware Initialization Failure
> > device_attach: ix0 attach returned 5
> >
> > -Boris
> >
> > On 06/09/13 13:42, Weiß, Jürgen wrote:
> > > With the following patch the ixgbe (ix) driver
> > > accepts any SFP.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- ixgbe_phy.c.orig        2012-10-01 18:38:31.000000000 +0200
> > > +++ ixgbe_phy.c 2012-11-13 16:23:18.650609931 +0100
> > > @@ -1186,6 +1186,7 @@
> > >                 }
> > >
> > >                 ixgbe_get_device_caps(hw, &enforce_sfp);
> > > +               enforce_sfp |= IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP;
> > >                 if (!(enforce_sfp & IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_ALLOW_ANY_SFP) &&
> > >                     !((hw->phy.sfp_type == ixgbe_sfp_type_1g_cu_core0)
> ||
> > >                       (hw->phy.sfp_type == ixgbe_sfp_type_1g_cu_core1)
> ||
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Juergen
> > >
> > > Juergen Weiss      |Universitaet Mainz, Zentrum fuer Datenverarbeitung,
> > > weiss at uni-mainz.de |55099 Mainz, Tel: +49(6131)39-26361, FAX:
> > +49(6131)39-26407
> > >
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