DEC2752 - hang issues using ax0/ax1 interfaces

[dmurphy]

Hi all -

Have a brand new, out of the box DEC2752, and I'm having big issues with it.

Basically, configuration goes OK right until I try to use the ax0/ax1 interfaces for anything.  Once I enable those interfaces - I have all kinds of odd issues.   The links come up but never pass traffic.  I've tried multiple SFP+ modules - both fiber and copper - to no avail.

To make it worse, not only do the connections not work, but I also end up with serial console port issues.  The console port stops giving me output.  If I then reboot the box, the boot sequence seems OK right until it outputs the IP assignments ... as it's printing the SSH SHA256 fingerprints, the console comes to a full hang.

This is really, really problematic.

I did a full reinstall of OPNsense - both the business and the community versions - to absolutely no avail.

Any ideas?  Is there something I'm missing about these AMD chipsets?

I'm really stuck right now.

[dmurphy]

Replying to myself, but appears I’m back under control.

I was using the vga OPnsense image; that appears to have some bad interactions with the axp driver.  Reloaded with the serial image and so far, so good.  Looks like we’re approaching stable!