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Title: Chelsio T520-CR support [SOLVED]
Post by: wags on October 25, 2020, 07:14:58 AM
Hi All,

My understanding is that the Chelsio T520-CR network card is supported.  However once I installed it into my opnsense box it does not come up in the interfaces.  Is there something I need to do to get this card working??

Thanks,
Wags
Title: Re: Chelsio T520-CR support
Post by: wags on October 25, 2020, 07:37:24 AM
I have sorted it out.

I managed to fire the card up with

kldload if_cxgbe

I then added a turnable

if_cxgbe_load="YES"

Everything working now :)
Title: Re: Chelsio T520-CR support [SOLVED]
Post by: Strider3000 on April 06, 2021, 04:03:25 PM
I had the same issue with the T520-SO-CR and managed to get it working the same way.
A note on the Tunables section: I set mine to: Tunable: if_cxgbe_load Value: YES. There were no quotes anywhere. Hope this helps those using Chelsio NICs.
One other question: were there other tunables added? Did you set the MTU higher? The pfsense page on hardware has a bunch of other tunables for Chelsio NICs.
Title: Re: Chelsio T520-CR support [SOLVED]
Post by: Strider3000 on April 06, 2021, 04:07:18 PM
Oh I forgot to mention - the Chelsio NIC with a Wiitek SFP+ to RJ45 Copper Module (10GBase-T) and it works fine at 2.5Gbps. I have my Chelsio port 1 connected (using the Wiitek) direct to an MB8611 Xfinity modem and it links up at 2.5Gbps. I'm getting roughtly 1.2Gbps (overprovisioned) on download.
Title: Re: Chelsio T520-CR support [SOLVED]
Post by: wow001 on July 12, 2024, 07:36:44 PM
Where do you add the instructions

kldload if_cxgbe

to enable the Chelsio T520-CR network card as i have the same issue.
Title: Re: Chelsio T520-CR support [SOLVED]
Post by: Patrick M. Hausen on July 12, 2024, 08:19:28 PM
You add a tunable:

Name: if_cxgbe_load
Value: YES
Title: Re: Chelsio T520-CR support [SOLVED]
Post by: wow001 on July 12, 2024, 09:27:06 PM
Thank you for the help.