Mellanox MHET2X-1TC

[rondzierwa at comcast.net]

Hello All, 

I am trying to use an MHET2x-1TC in a Sun X4500 running 10.1-RELEASE, but cannot seem to get the device to show up anywhere. 

Has anybody had any success using this adapter on 10.1? If so what did you have to do to get it to work? 

I've downloaded two versions of the driver from the Mellanox site, MLNX_EN_FreeBSD_v2.1.tgz and the newer MLNX_OFED_FREEBSD_V2.1.5.tar.gz. 
both built and installed. I downloaded and installed mft-3.8.0-56 tools and installed them. I've tried loading the old and the new modules from loader.conf with a reboot, and get the same results - no new devices in either /dev or ifconfig 

pciconf sees the device: 

# pciconf -lv | grep Mellanox -C 3 
class = network 
subclass = ethernet 
pcib7 at pci0:6:2:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x5a4615b3 rev=0xa1 hdr=0x01 
vendor = 'Mellanox Technologies' 
device = 'MT23108 PCI Bridge' 
class = bridge 
subclass = PCI-PCI 
-- 
class = mass storage 
subclass = SCSI 
none2 at pci0:7:0:0: class=0x0c0600 card=0x5a4415b3 chip=0x5a4415b3 rev=0xa1 hdr=0x00 
vendor = 'Mellanox Technologies' 
device = 'MT23108 InfiniHost' 
class = serial bus 
none3 at pci0:128:0:0: class=0x058000 card=0x00000000 chip=0x005e10de rev=0xa4 hdr=0x00 

and mst sees it as well: 

# mst status 
MST devices: 
------------ 
pci0:6:2:0 - MT23108 PCI Bridge 
pci0:7:0:0 - MT23108 InfiniHost 

When I ran flint it told me the device was too old: 

flint -d pci0:6:2:0 q 
-E- Cannot open Device: pci0:6:2:0. No such file or directory. MFE_OLD_DEVICE_TYPE 



Although I can see the modules in kldstat, the driver never shows up on dmesg, and there are no additional network devices in ifconfig. 

any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated! 

thanks, 
ron.