On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:51 AM Peter A Barlow <peterbarlow2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I’m looking at running FreeBSD on an old Firebox M270. > It has a C3558 CPU with integrated X553 LAN controller which connects over > MDIO to a Marvell 88E6190 switch. > Out of the box the X553 backplane is detected but there doesn’t seem to be > any attempt at probing the MDIO for connected devices. > > I’ve played around with the Intel ixgbe drivers, compiling the kernel etc > to see if I can figure it out but I’m really struggling to understand what > needs to be done. > > At this stage I’m reaching out to the community to see if anyone can > clarify something for me….are there some fundamental changes or additions > required to the drivers to make this work, or is it something that should > work already but needs some options enabling or configurations tweaking. > I’m reluctant to put more time into trawling through the code if it’s a > ‘simple’ configuration issue. > > Any pointers would be very welcome. > Thank you. > I found this thread: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/154974/pfsense-on-watchguard-m270/112 I think the TL;DR is that you need pfSense Plus since the required software to get it to work isn't publicly available. - Eric
