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log: patching Intel X520 10G*2 SFP+ NIC EEPROM to unlock third party transceivers (succeed)
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| # | |
| # ref. https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/patching-intel-x520-eeprom-to-unlock-all-sfp-transceivers.24634/ | |
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| # 1.boot Ubuntu20.04LTS Desktop Live ISO image with USB Flash memory. | |
| # 2.after, install tools """ apt install ethtool net-tools """ | |
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| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### unsupported module (transceiver) #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ dmesg | grep fail | |
| [ 0.794308] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: failed to load because an unsupported SFP+ or QSFP module type was detected. | |
| [ 1.109096] [drm] failed to retrieve link info, disabling eDP | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### it seems to be linkdown, but linked up on switch side #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool enp2s0f1 | |
| Settings for enp2s0f1: | |
| Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] | |
| Supported link modes: 10000baseT/Full | |
| Supported pause frame use: Symmetric | |
| Supports auto-negotiation: No | |
| Supported FEC modes: Not reported | |
| Advertised link modes: 10000baseT/Full | |
| Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric | |
| Advertised auto-negotiation: No | |
| Advertised FEC modes: Not reported | |
| Speed: Unknown! | |
| Duplex: Unknown! (255) | |
| Port: Other | |
| PHYAD: 0 | |
| Transceiver: internal | |
| Auto-negotiation: off | |
| Cannot get wake-on-lan settings: Operation not permitted | |
| Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) | |
| drv probe link | |
| Link detected: no | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ lspci -nn | |
| 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:191f] (rev 07) | |
| 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) [8086:1901] (rev 07) | |
| 00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x8) [8086:1905] (rev 07) | |
| 00:02.0 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 530 [8086:1912] (rev 06) | |
| 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:a12f] (rev 31) | |
| 00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Thermal Subsystem [8086:a131] (rev 31) | |
| 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:a13a] (rev 31) | |
| 00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Q170/Q150/B150/H170/H110/Z170/CM236 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] [8086:a102] (rev 31) | |
| 00:1b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #17 [8086:a167] (rev f1) | |
| 00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 [8086:a110] (rev f1) | |
| 00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #3 [8086:a112] (rev f1) | |
| 00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 [8086:a118] (rev f1) | |
| 00:1d.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #16 [8086:a11f] (rev f1) | |
| 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Z170 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller [8086:a145] (rev 31) | |
| 00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller [8086:a121] (rev 31) | |
| 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller [8086:a170] (rev 31) | |
| 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus [8086:a123] (rev 31) | |
| 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V [8086:15b8] (rev 31) | |
| 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1080] [10de:1b80] (rev a1) | |
| 01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 High Definition Audio Controller [10de:10f0] (rev a1) | |
| 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter [8086:154d] (rev 01) | |
| 02:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter [8086:154d] (rev 01) | |
| 05:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1142 USB 3.1 Host Controller [1b21:1242] | |
| 06:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Intel Corporation SSD Pro 7600p/760p/E 6100p Series [8086:f1a6] (rev 03) | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool -e enp2s0f1 | head -100 | |
| Offset Values | |
| ------ ------ | |
| 0x0000: 60 09 02 00 00 00 40 00 6d 00 fd 00 8d 01 a3 01 | |
| 0x0010: a9 01 af 01 b7 01 bf 01 c7 01 cf 01 09 02 b8 05 | |
| 0x0020: 00 05 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff fa fa 9d 37 c8 02 | |
| 0x0030: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | |
| 0x0040: a3 37 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 94 37 | |
| 0x0050: 8e 37 28 40 37 40 40 36 fc ff 27 08 00 80 48 02 | |
| 0x0060: 21 01 00 40 22 23 3b 40 21 01 00 40 ff ff 3a 36 | |
| 0x0070: 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 9c 29 | |
| 0x0080: 2c 00 94 00 00 00 96 00 06 00 90 00 ff 00 92 00 | |
| 0x0090: ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
| 0x00a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
| 0x00b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
| 0x00c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | |
| (snip...) | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### read, this bit! (worksforme) #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool -e enp2s0f1 offset 0x58 length 1 | |
| Offset Values | |
| ------ ------ | |
| 0x0058: fc | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### write eeprom #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool -E enp2s0f1 magic 0x154d8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### read #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool -e enp2s0f1 offset 0x58 length 1 | |
| Offset Values | |
| ------ ------ | |
| 0x0058: fd | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool -e enp2s0f1 |head -10 | |
| Offset Values | |
| ------ ------ | |
| 0x0000: 60 09 02 00 00 00 40 00 6d 00 fd 00 8d 01 a3 01 | |
| 0x0010: a9 01 af 01 b7 01 bf 01 c7 01 cf 01 09 02 b8 05 | |
| 0x0020: 00 05 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff fa fa 9d 37 c8 02 | |
| 0x0030: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | |
| 0x0040: a3 37 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 94 37 | |
| 0x0050: 8e 37 28 40 37 40 40 36 fd ff 27 08 00 80 48 02 | |
| 0x0060: 21 01 00 40 22 23 3b 40 21 01 00 40 ff ff 3a 36 | |
| 0x0070: 00 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff 9b 29 | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ exit | |
| Script done on 2020-08-05 11:54:51+00:00 [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="0"] |
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| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### Linked up #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ sudo ethtool enp2s0f0 | |
| Settings for enp2s0f0: | |
| Supported ports: [ FIBRE ] | |
| Supported link modes: 10000baseT/Full | |
| Supported pause frame use: Symmetric | |
| Supports auto-negotiation: No | |
| Supported FEC modes: Not reported | |
| Advertised link modes: 10000baseT/Full | |
| Advertised pause frame use: Symmetric | |
| Advertised auto-negotiation: No | |
| Advertised FEC modes: Not reported | |
| Speed: 10000Mb/s | |
| Duplex: Full | |
| Port: FIBRE | |
| PHYAD: 0 | |
| Transceiver: internal | |
| Auto-negotiation: off | |
| Supports Wake-on: d | |
| Wake-on: d | |
| Current message level: 0x00000007 (7) | |
| drv probe link | |
| Link detected: yes | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### IP addresses are successfully assigned by dhcp4, ra,... #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ ifconfig enp2s0f0 | |
| enp2s0f0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 | |
| inet 172.21.5.252 netmask 255.255.252.0 broadcast 172.21.7.255 | |
| inet6 2400:4070:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global> | |
| inet6 fe80::36a6:73a1:xxxx:xxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> | |
| inet6 2400:4070:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global> | |
| ether a0:36:xx:xx:xx:xx txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) | |
| RX packets 15470 bytes 16579082 (16.5 MB) | |
| RX errors 0 dropped 627 overruns 0 frame 0 | |
| TX packets 9089 bytes 933537 (933.5 KB) | |
| TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0 | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ #### transceiver detection was successful #### | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ dmesg | grep ixbge | |
| [ 0.782434] ixgbe: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit PCI Express Network Driver - version 5.1.0-k | |
| [ 0.782435] ixgbe: Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Intel Corporation. | |
| [ 0.947905] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: Multiqueue Enabled: Rx Queue count = 8, Tx Queue count = 8 XDP Queue count = 0 | |
| [ 0.948192] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: 32.000 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (5 GT/s x8 link) | |
| [ 0.948513] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: MAC: 2, PHY: 19, SFP+: 5, PBA No: G73129-007 | |
| [ 0.948514] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: a0:36:xx:xx:xx:xx | |
| [ 0.950449] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Network Connection | |
| [ 0.950507] libphy: ixgbe-mdio: probed | |
| [ 2.238720] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1: Multiqueue Enabled: Rx Queue count = 8, Tx Queue count = 8 XDP Queue count = 0 | |
| [ 2.239003] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1: 32.000 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (5 GT/s x8 link) | |
| [ 2.239323] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1: MAC: 2, PHY: 1, PBA No: G73129-007 | |
| [ 2.239323] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1: a0:36:xx:xx:xx:xx | |
| [ 2.242015] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1: Intel(R) 10 Gigabit Network Connection | |
| [ 2.242045] libphy: ixgbe-mdio: probed | |
| [ 2.242618] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0f0: renamed from eth0 | |
| [ 2.286220] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1 enp2s0f1: renamed from eth1 | |
| [ 32.451148] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0: registered PHC device on enp2s0f0 | |
| [ 32.605230] ixgbe 0000:02:00.1: registered PHC device on enp2s0f1 | |
| [ 32.630032] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0f0: detected SFP+: 5 | |
| [ 32.930117] ixgbe 0000:02:00.0 enp2s0f0: NIC Link is Up 10 Gbps, Flow Control: RX/TX | |
| ubuntu@ubuntu:$ | |
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Haha. Just saw this.
I wrote https://gist.github.com/ixs/dbaac42730dea9bd124f26cbd439c58e to make life easier... Patch in one go...