v21.1 stil using old if_em driver

[d3pr3cat3d]

I was really hoping to see an updated driver.  :-[
updating to version 21.1 reverted me back to:

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# strings /boot/kernel/if_em.ko | grep '7.*'
...................
7.6.1-k

Can a package not be included to upgrade the driver?
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=18922.msg86510#msg86510

I had to manually update the if_em driver to 7.7.8 to be able to use the interfaces on my motherboard.

and when I ran kldload it crashed the system but it booted up fine and has been running the past week w/o issue(s).

But this may have tainted the kernel?

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>>> Check for missing or altered kernel files
Error 2 ocurred.
boot/kernel/if_em.ko:
size (452264, 407664)
sha256digest (0x62f2834640257d977749b40f648fad77fed5bccef7e89d9bb350fc3d42a625d4, 0xebd3c948caa4f55ddb45fafb187aa93f5588017fad777281b59f94c5211de2f1)
>>> Check installed base version
Version 21.1 is correct.

Reference:
https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=18922.msg86503#msg86503

[franco]

Hoping, why? How should it magically appear in the same FreeBSD version?


Cheers,
Franco

[d3pr3cat3d]

I was hoping because the roadmap for 21.1

Fix stability and reliability issues with regard to vmx(4), vtnet(4), ixl(4), ix(4) and em(4) ethernet drivers.

So I was "hoping" that the fix would lead to an updated driver.

But with your comment:

How should it magically appear in the same FreeBSD version?

I understand now that OPNsense will follow the FreeBSD version.

In FreeBSD it is a pkg intel-em-kmod that has the updated driver v7.7.8

Will this package be available in OPNsense? Or should users continue with copying the driver from the FreeBSD package?

[almodovaris]

You should not copy it from regular FreeBSD. However compiling it inside Opnsense is fine.

Oh, yes, I compiled 7.7.8 from Intel and it works.

[d3pr3cat3d]

you are correct almodovaris.

I have created a tutorial on it. Thanks!

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=21517.msg101148#msg101148