On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 03:36:13PM -0700, Andrew Lester wrote: > Hi @misc, > > I just installed OpenBSD 7.3-release on a new amd64 system to replace > an old one that had been on OpenBSD 5.5 (it was set it and forget it > till the CPU fried!). > > I've found that some of the Ethernet interfaces aren't seen in ifconfig, > so I suspect there's no driver/support yet. dmesg also reflects unknown > ethernet devices (full output attached at the bottom of this message). > > I searched @misc and @tech archives and didn't succeed in finding any > discussions, so starting one here (apology if I missed something). > > The non-working interfaces are using an Intel E823-L controller, while > the working interfaces are using an Intel X550 controller.
We don't have a driver for Intel E800 series ethernet yet. > > The mainboard is an Intel Xeon-D 1700 SoC platform (Supermicro > X12SDV-4C-SPT4F). > > Of course I'd love some easy solution but hey, it is what it is if the > support just isn't there. :) > > Searching online, I did find an Intel driver link for this controller > that supports FreeBSD: > > https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/18332/ > intel-network-adapter-freebsd-virtual-function-driver-for-intel-ethernet > -controller-700-and-e810-series.html This is the virtual function driver, not the physical function driver. OpenBSD does have an equivalent to this, but it's only usable inside a guest running under a hypervisor that supports the physical function.
