No link on Intel E810 and E823 after upgrade to 26.7, when ice_ddp is loaded
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Describe the bug
Unit with both Intel E810 and E823 25Gbase NICs, ice driver. No link on these after upgrade from 26.1.* to 26.7 and further 26.7.4 while DDP is loaded.
To Reproduce
Have a unit with 25Gbase Intel E8xx series NICs, and try to load the DDP to have decent performance in tunables/loader.conf: ice_ddp_load="YES"
Expected behavior
No issues, link on NICs and improved performance
Describe alternatives you considered
Changing NICs.. Manually installing the latest Intel FreeBSD 2.1.8 driver, but unsure how that would be supported forwards..
Running without ice_ddp_load="YES" now, which results in about 1Gbps throughput pr NIC.
Environment
Software version used and hardware type if relevant, e.g.:
OPNsense 26.7.4 (amd64).
E810-XXV fw 7.6.2 api 1.7 nvm 4.60
E823-C fw 7.1.6 api 1.7 nvm 3.26
ICE OS Default Package version 1.3.41.0
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure on the Intel E810/E823 hardware with ice_ddp_load="YES" in loader.conf, then compare it with the configuration where DDP is disabled. Investigate the ice driver and DDP package versions listed in the report; done means both NIC families establish link after the upgrade without sacrificing the reported throughput improvement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100