Hi,
Is it possible to upgrade bxe driver on NAS4Free 9.2 for supporting Broadcom BCM578xx? I have read that FreeBSD 10 support that NIC. If yes, how can I do that?
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bxe Driver Upgrade
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ChriZathens
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Re: bxe Driver Upgrade
If you can find the FreeBSD 10 driver (I guess it should be something like if_bxe.ko) you could drop it in /boot/kernel and add in advanced-->loader.conf the following parameter if_bxe_load="YES"
Then reboot and use kldstat to see if the driver was actually loaded..
Process is similar to the one I did in this post
Then reboot and use kldstat to see if the driver was actually loaded..
Process is similar to the one I did in this post
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Backup Nas: U-NAS NSC-400, Gigabyte MB10-DS4 (4x4TB Seagate Exos disks in RaidZ configuration - 32GB RAM)
- Case: Fractal Design Define R2
- M/B: Supermicro x9scl-f
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- RAM: 16GB DDR3 ECC (2 x Kingston KVR1333D3E9S/8G)
- PSU: Chieftec 850w 80+ modular
- Storage: 8x2TB HDDs in a RaidZ2 array ~ 10.1 TB usable disk space
- O/S: XigmaNAS 11.2.0.4.6625 -amd64 embedded
- Extra H/W: Dell Perc H310 SAS controller, crosflashed to LSI 9211-8i IT mode, 8GB Innodisk D150SV SATADOM for O/S
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Mrxlazuardin
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Re: bxe Driver Upgrade
It seem that bxe driver is integrated on FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p3 since there is bxe related inside /boot/kernel but that release support previous Broadcom 10GbE NIC. Any chance of getting FreeBSD 10 bxe kmod without installing FreeBSD 10 first?
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ChriZathens
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Re: bxe Driver Upgrade
That is why I posted the link for my other post..
Give it a try by deleting the one integrated from /boot/kernel and dropping the FreeBSD 10 driver there. Afterwards see if it loads..
Now about getting the driver, sorry don't know.. perhaps someone else does.
Give it a try by deleting the one integrated from /boot/kernel and dropping the FreeBSD 10 driver there. Afterwards see if it loads..
Now about getting the driver, sorry don't know.. perhaps someone else does.
My Nas
Backup Nas: U-NAS NSC-400, Gigabyte MB10-DS4 (4x4TB Seagate Exos disks in RaidZ configuration - 32GB RAM)
- Case: Fractal Design Define R2
- M/B: Supermicro x9scl-f
- CPU: Intel Celeron G1620
- RAM: 16GB DDR3 ECC (2 x Kingston KVR1333D3E9S/8G)
- PSU: Chieftec 850w 80+ modular
- Storage: 8x2TB HDDs in a RaidZ2 array ~ 10.1 TB usable disk space
- O/S: XigmaNAS 11.2.0.4.6625 -amd64 embedded
- Extra H/W: Dell Perc H310 SAS controller, crosflashed to LSI 9211-8i IT mode, 8GB Innodisk D150SV SATADOM for O/S
Backup Nas: U-NAS NSC-400, Gigabyte MB10-DS4 (4x4TB Seagate Exos disks in RaidZ configuration - 32GB RAM)
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Mrxlazuardin
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Re: bxe Driver Upgrade
The old bxe driver (pci/bxe) is loaded by kernel itself, not by kernel module. How can I replace it with new one? My installation is on embedded mode.
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ChriZathens
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Re: bxe Driver Upgrade
Perhaps the following post can help: viewtopic.php?p=32403#p32403
My Nas
Backup Nas: U-NAS NSC-400, Gigabyte MB10-DS4 (4x4TB Seagate Exos disks in RaidZ configuration - 32GB RAM)
- Case: Fractal Design Define R2
- M/B: Supermicro x9scl-f
- CPU: Intel Celeron G1620
- RAM: 16GB DDR3 ECC (2 x Kingston KVR1333D3E9S/8G)
- PSU: Chieftec 850w 80+ modular
- Storage: 8x2TB HDDs in a RaidZ2 array ~ 10.1 TB usable disk space
- O/S: XigmaNAS 11.2.0.4.6625 -amd64 embedded
- Extra H/W: Dell Perc H310 SAS controller, crosflashed to LSI 9211-8i IT mode, 8GB Innodisk D150SV SATADOM for O/S
Backup Nas: U-NAS NSC-400, Gigabyte MB10-DS4 (4x4TB Seagate Exos disks in RaidZ configuration - 32GB RAM)