Intel XL710 NVM updating and driver version

[Adrian Chadd]

Intel are currently finishing up a freebsd version of the firmware
update tool. Expect it in a month or two.

(I am, because I have fortville hardware I can't use atm. :( )


-a


On 10 November 2015 at 09:10, Steven Hartland <steven at multiplay.co.uk> wrote:
> The driver in head is outputting a warning to /var/log/messages:
> ixl0: The driver for the device detected an older version of the NVM image
> than expected.
> Please update the NVM image.
>
> Having spent 30mins searching for the FreeBSD utility to perform said update
> I'm hitting a dead end so looking for advice on where to find this?
>
> While searching for this I found that the latest driver on Intel's site is
> 1.4.8
> <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25160/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E-40-Gigabit-Network-Connections-under-FreeBSD->,
> in a file named 1.4.5
> <https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloads/eula/25160/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCI-E-40-Gigabit-Network-Connections-under-FreeBSD-?httpDown=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F25160%2Feng%2Fixl-1.4.5.tar.gz>
> and reporting 1.4.5 so it looks like the wrong version was uploaded on
> Intel's download site.
>
> The driver in HEAD is only 1.4.3 so the next question is there a reason HEAD
> is behind?
>
>     Regards
>     Steve
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