On 2015-04-13 05:32 PM, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
On Sun 12 Apr 2015 09:22:32 NZST +1200, Adam Thompson wrote:
I recall seeing reports of problems with Sun 'qfe' (quad-port hme)
interfaces on this list previously; does anyone know what the
current status is? Do they work properly in 2.2.1 i386?
I was one of the people with problems. CPU runaway when unplugging the
network cable (or turning off the peer device, etc), recoverable only by
reboot. Pfsense 2.1, and possibly 2.0.
Because the pfsense/hme combination was de-facto completely useless I
took it as an opportunity to buy an APU1 board. I haven't looked back
(smaller, less power, only pfsense 2.1 support of the hardware
temperature sensor sucks).
The old hardware is still standing around but out of date, so re-testing
is not straightforward.
Well, I am running on old, out-of-date hardware (a repurposed PowerEdge
1750), and I figured I'd give it a shot. So far, so good, but I haven't
deliberately unplugged the network cable or powered off the switch it's
connected to. So far the link has stayed up, and it's been working
properly. The switch has far better uptime than the firewall, so I'm
not terribly worried right now.
According to both https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3373 and
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/3481, the issue may have been fixed
in upstream in time for 2.2.
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-Adam Thompson
[email protected]
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