On 2015-10-27, Federico Giannici <giann...@neomedia.it> wrote: > On 10/27/15 16:33, Stuart Henderson wrote: >> On 2015-10-27, Federico Giannici <giann...@neomedia.it> wrote: >>> On 10/27/15 15:31, Chris Cappuccio wrote: >>>> Federico Giannici [giann...@neomedia.it] wrote: >>>>> I have to install in an OpenBSD 5.8 amd64 a PCI-E ethernet card supporting >>>>> 1000BASE-LX (i.e. 1Gbps with Single Mode Fiber). >>>>> >>>>> Usually we use Intel cards (em driver) but I found that the only Intel LX >>>>> card has a PCI-X bus! >>>>> >>>>> What reliable LX NIC with PCI-E do you suggest? >>>>> >>>> >>>> If you have trouble finding SFP versions of em cards, you can always try >>>> SFP+ versions of ix cards. They work with 1Gbps SFP and are readily >>>> available >>>> from several vendors. >> >> I can confirm this works as of 5.8. >> >> ix1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >> media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseLX full-duplex,rxpause,txpause) >> >> In earlier releases you would have got 'Unsupported SFP+ Module' when >> attaching the interface. > > Yes, I saw that change in the ix source, so I expected the 5.8 to make > it work, but it didn't... > > >>> We do have an ix card, the Intel X520-LR1. >>> I read that it is supposed to work as 1000BASE-LX too but we were not >>> able to make it work! It never gives the link. >>> >>> If we try to set 1000BASE-LX as media type it gives error. >>> >>> isengard:/home/giannici> ifconfig ix2 media >>> ix2: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>> lladdr 00:1b:21:91:5f:20 >>> priority: 0 >>> media: Ethernet autoselect >>> status: no carrier >>> supported media: >>> media 10GbaseLR mediaopt full-duplex >>> media autoselect >>> >>> Are you sure that it is supposed to work as 1000BASE-LX with OpenBSD 5.8? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >> >> I think you're trying to use a 10GbaseLR SFP+ for this, that won't work - >> you need an 1000baseLX SFP. > > I tried with a couple of different 1000baseLX SFPs. > Now I'm waiting for a Cisco one, as Chris said these worked for him... > > Thanks. > >
FWIW I used an HP-coded flexoptix (reason for choosing that was so I could move it to a switch if the ix(4) plan didn't work out). How does your full dmesg look? Maybe try building with IX_DEBUG defined and see if that gives clues? Or change '#define DBG 0' to 1 in ixgbe.h?
