PPPoE not working on startup

[shermant]

OPNsense 21.1.9_1-amd64
FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p19-HBSD
OpenSSL 1.1.1k 25 Mar 2021

Hello all - I'm having an issue with PPPoE not connecting at startup.  The workaround I have is to go into the interface where I disable then re-enable.  After doing this, my PPPoE sessions starts normally.

I have Bell FTTH service in Toronto, Canada.  I use a patched driver to allow for full speed with the GPON module directly connected into my SFP+ NIC:

bxe0: <QLogic NetXtreme II BCM57810 10GbE [BELL BYPASS] (B0) BXE v:1.7>

My interface card has 2 interfaces, and bxe1 is my LAN interface, which works without intervention.  Just my WAN connection via PPPoE on bxe0 (bxe0_vlan35) seems to require the workaround.

I've been simply living with the issue since coming over from pfSense where I didn't have this problem for the last several months.

What additional information can I provide?  I'm going to attach a ppp.log snip with my username and IP address masked.  The connection has been up since the 9th, so no issues at all after working around the initial reluctance to connect.

Thanks in advance,
ST

PS - apologies - I think I've put this in the wrong forum - mods, please move if you can.  Thanks.