On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 08:01:50AM +0000, Aviolat Romain wrote: > Dear openbsd users, > > I'm trying to install an Intel 82580 dual port SFP PCIe adapter in obsd 5.3 > amd64. The device isn't recognized and I've got errors in dmesg like: > > "em0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82580 Fiber" rev 0x01: msiem0: Hardware > Initialization Failedem0: Unable to initialize the hardware" > "em1 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 82580 Fiber" rev 0x01: msiem1: Hardware > Initialization Failedem1: Unable to initialize the hardware" > > According to this post (2012) the chipset is only supported with copper and > not fiber yet. > http://openbsd.7691.n7.nabble.com/Intel-82580EB-Hardware-Initialization-Failed-td80282.html > > I just wanted to know if the provided patch was still relevant for openbsd > 5.3 or not and if the fiber support for this chipset was planned for future > releases ?
I suspect the person who asked never tried the patch so it didn't go in. Try it and let us know if it works.
