Re: PR/55822 CVS commit: src/sys/dev/pci

[Bert Kiers <kiers%original.xs4all.nl@localhost>]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 02:03:15PM +0100, Bert Kiers wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 01:10:11PM +0100, Bert Kiers wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 10:45:40AM +0900, s ymgch wrote:
> 
> > > 2. Which driver version of ixl did the bhyve use?
> > >    - This is not the FW version shown in a probe message.
> > 
> > I see
> > 
> > ixl0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GBASE-T - 2.3.0-k> mem 0xc4000000-0xc4ffffff,0xc5008000-0xc500ffff irq 36 at device 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci8
> > 
> > so 2.3.0-k
> > 
> > On
> > 
> > https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25160/Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-PCIe-40-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network-Connection-under-FreeBSD-
> > 
> > I see version 1.12.3.  I'll go try that.  But I do not understand how
> > 2.3.0-k relates to 1.12.3 yet.
> 
> This needs the patch from
> https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/intel-ix-driver-no-longer-compile-correcty-in-12-2.77603/
> 
> On the FreeBSD host now:
> 
> ixl0: <Intel(R) Ethernet Connection 700 Series PF Driver, Version - 1.12.3> mem 0xc4000000-0xc4ffffff,0xc5008000-0xc500ffff irq 36 at device 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci8

*and*

the warning
```
ixl2: The driver for the device detected a newer version of the NVM image than expected.
ixl2: Please install the most recent version of the network driver.
```
is gone.  So 1.12.3 is newer than 2.3.0 somehow.

> 
> In the NetBSD VM, nothing changed.
 
Grtnx,
-- 
Bert