QLogic Corp. FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE Controller

[rhett]

Hi All...

I'm new to OpenWRT...

I have been trying out different router software on x86/64, in bid to replace my consumer router.

I'm able to run the OpenWRT smoothly but having difficulty with my ethernet adapter which is a QLogic Corp. FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE Controller.

lspci shows the device being recognized but i can't seem to find the kmod that allows OpenWRT to recognize and run this adapter.

Not sure if anyone has any clue or do i have to take the difficult route of building the kmod myself.

Appreciate any input or help. Thanks in advance.

[fakemanhk]

lspci is only showing the device, it doesn't mean the system is really recognizing it.

This qlgc seems having some trouble in Linux upstream?

[rhett]

Seems like this adapter is having compatibility issues. I wasn't able to get it to work previously on OPNSense as well as it crashes everytime i load the drivers.
Given that OpenWRT is based on Linux i would think i have a better chance.

[fakemanhk]

Workaround maybe install a full featured Linux system then use KVM with NIC bridged to VM, so you might try to use Proxmox as host.

[frollic]

Try some recent Linux dist 1st, see if it works there ?

[rhett]

I shall start with Proxmox to see if the adapter works from there.

[fakemanhk]

From what I know, it should work on RHEL, official driver has installation method for this distro, it's also not "working out of the box"

[frollic]

If it's not in mainline, it won't be available in OpenWRT ...

[rhett]

Just an update.. done setting up Proxmox > OpenWRT.
Have been running tests for almost 5 hours now.
The adapter works perfectly..

IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Device-2: QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE driver: qede v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 01:00.0
IF: enp1s0f0 state: down mac:
Device-3: QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE driver: qede v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 01:00.1
IF: enp1s0f1 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac:
Device-4: QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE driver: qede v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 01:00.2
IF: enp1s0f2 state: down mac:
Device-5: QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE driver: qede v: kernel port: N/A
bus-ID: 01:00.3
IF: enp1s0f3 state: down mac:

[fakemanhk]

@frollic

If it's not in mainline, it won't be available in OpenWRT ...

A simple search led me to an email thread saying that the "qlgc" got removed due to unmaintained + messy code, so very high chance that it will never be in mainline.....

[fakemanhk]

That's great, you can mark this thread resolved if you think it's an acceptable solution.