Apologies if this is rule breaking!
I have 6 HP NC523SFP cards I need to install into 6 nodes in our new data center. We’re 98% Rocky Linux now.
I’m trying to compile the qlcnic drivers following this guide: https://github.com/liamalxd/kmod-qlcnic
But with those modifications and a few more commented out sections. The end result doesn’t get assigned MAC Addresses.
[root@blade04 qlcnic]# dmesg | grep qlcnic
[ 8.443635] qlcnic: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[ 8.443779] qlcnic: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel
[ 8.447603] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: 2048KB memory map
[ 8.986993] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Default minidump capture mask 0x1f
[ 8.986994] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: FW dump enabled
[ 8.986995] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Supports FW dump capability
[ 8.986995] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Driver v5.3.66, firmware v4.14.28
[ 9.003484] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Bad MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00.
[ 9.097493] qlcnic: 00:00:00:00:00:00: NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter Board Chip rev 0x54
[ 9.098175] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: using msi-x interrupts
[ 9.111960] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: eth0: XGbE port initialized
[ 9.142916] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: 2048KB memory map
[ 9.190867] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Default minidump capture mask 0x1f
[ 9.190867] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: FW dump enabled
[ 9.190868] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Supports FW dump capability
[ 9.190868] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Driver v5.3.66, firmware v4.14.28
[ 9.207220] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Bad MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00.
[ 9.299879] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: using msi-x interrupts
[ 9.312054] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: eth1: XGbE port initialized
[ 9.583367] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: renamed from eth0
[ 10.181920] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: renamed from eth1
Might anyone know a way to get these drivers to compile? I don’t have the resources to buy more NICs at this current time…
I looked around to see if elrepo had the driver. It looks like at one point it was there, but I don’t see it for 8. It might be something they could provide again. @toracat perhaps could shed some light on it.
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@ptunstall
You may want to file a request (RFE) with ELRepo at elrepo.org/bugs and see if the kmod package for el8 can be provided.
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iwalker
February 8, 2022, 10:37am
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Probably would be easier to do this and enable elrepo and install kernel-ml (5.16):
rpm --import https://www.elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org
dnf install https://www.elrepo.org/elrepo-release-8.el8.elrepo.noarch.rpm
dnf config-manager --set-enabled elrepo-kernel
dnf install kernel-ml
reboot
modprobe qlcnic
[root@rocky ~]# lsmod | grep qlc
qlcnic 372736 0
[root@rocky ~]# uname -r
5.16.7-1.el8.elrepo.x86_64
since it’s in the Linux kernel tree as per the link you provided, means it’s available for later kernels. Just did this on my install, and qlcnic loaded. I don’t have one of these cards though, but I would expect that to work.
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Wow! Thank you all for your replies.
@iwalker that worked like a charm, these nodes are “dummy” render/simulation nodes so having a different kernel shouldn’t be an issue!!
[root@blade04 ~]# dmesg | grep qlcnic
[ 3.137132] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: 2048KB memory map
[ 3.696507] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Default minidump capture mask 0x1f
[ 3.719509] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: FW dump enabled
[ 3.734256] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Supports FW dump capability
[ 3.748951] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: Driver v5.3.66, firmware v4.14.28
[ 3.804174] qlcnic: 28:80:23:41:6f:48: NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port Server Adapter Board Chip rev 0x54
[ 4.240760] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: using msi-x interrupts
[ 4.367450] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0: eth2: XGbE port initialized
[ 4.381911] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: 2048KB memory map
[ 4.444668] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Default minidump capture mask 0x1f
[ 4.457861] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: FW dump enabled
[ 4.470435] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Supports FW dump capability
[ 4.496167] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: Driver v5.3.66, firmware v4.14.28
[ 6.209970] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: using msi-x interrupts
[ 6.224538] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1: eth3: XGbE port initialized
[ 6.239599] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: renamed from eth3
[ 6.258091] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: renamed from eth2
[ 17.927017] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: Rx Context[0] Created, state 0x2
[ 18.178270] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: Tx Context[0x8000] Created, state 0x2
[ 18.194293] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: Tx Context[0x8016] Created, state 0x2
[ 18.209309] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: Tx Context[0x8018] Created, state 0x2
[ 18.225327] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: Tx Context[0x801a] Created, state 0x2
[ 18.834774] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: Rx Context[1] Created, state 0x2
[ 19.233174] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: Tx Context[0x8001] Created, state 0x2
[ 19.248217] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: Tx Context[0x8017] Created, state 0x2
[ 19.263248] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: Tx Context[0x8019] Created, state 0x2
[ 19.279267] qlcnic 0000:08:00.1 ens3f1: Tx Context[0x801b] Created, state 0x2
[ 19.837380] qlcnic 0000:08:00.0 ens3f0: NIC Link is up
Interestingly enough the mezzanine rj45 10GbE NIC doesn’t load anymore:
"Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme II BCM57810"
Not that it matters, the SFP card now loads and shows proper network transfer speeds!!
Thank you!!
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If you want, there is also the kernel-lt package which will install a 5.4.x kernel. That’s if you want to attempt getting the broadcom one working as well. If it’s not a problem for you, then carry on with the mainline kernel 5.16.x.
I can’t remember which packages installed, but there is also a kernel-ml-modules-extra so if that isn’t installed, you can try that first, and see if it brings the broadcom one back online. Or attempt the LTS kernel kernel-lt.
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The broadcom NICs were rj45 based and I only have 2 8x 10GBE switches to serve rj45. We are using all SFP cisco fabric interconnects now which makes things a lot easier in both hardware and software camps. this mainline kernel solution is perfect for our needs. Thanks so much again!!
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