Intel X520-DA2 Supported in stable/8?

[Rick Miller]

dmesg and ifconfig output below...

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Rick Miller <vmiller at hostileadmin.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Boyer <aboyer at averesystems.com> wrote:
>> The ixgbe driver creates devices named ix0, etc.
>>
>> I believe you need to run 'ifconfig ix0 up' before it will attempt to get link.
>
> Thanks for clarifying that tidbit.  At least I know the driver loading
> is the correct driver :)
>
> I did try ifup'ing the interface...it shows the interface up, status
> is still no carrier.  I've had confirmation that the cable itself is
> good.  I wonder if it matters that the upstream switch has VLAN
> tagging enabled?

ix0: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.4.5>
port 0x7000-0x701f mem 0xf6b80000-0xf6bfffff,0xf6b70000-0xf6b73fff irq
40 at device 0.0 on pci7
ix0: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors
ix0: RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instead!
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: [ITHREAD]
ix0: Ethernet address: 90:e2:ba:15:e2:60
ix0: PCI Express Bus: Speed 5.0Gb/s Width x8
ix1: <Intel(R) PRO/10GbE PCI-Express Network Driver, Version - 2.4.5>
port 0x7020-0x703f mem 0xf6a80000-0xf6afffff,0xf6a70000-0xf6a73fff irq
44 at device 0.1 on pci7
ix1: Using MSIX interrupts with 9 vectors
ix1: RX Descriptors exceed system mbuf max, using default instead!
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: [ITHREAD]
ix1: Ethernet address: 90:e2:ba:15:e2:61
ix1: PCI Express Bus: Speed 5.0Gb/s Width x8


ix0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
	ether 90:e2:ba:XX:XX:XX
	inet 10.1.2.50 netmask 0xfffffe00 broadcast 10.1.3.255
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier
ix1: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
	options=401bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO>
	ether 90:e2:ba:XX:XX:XX
	media: Ethernet autoselect
	status: no carrier


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Take care
Rick Miller