BGE NIC and Netmap

Nolli9

Nolli9

How would one go about getting the driver for the BGE interface updated to use Netmap to enable inline mode for IPS/IDS?
 
It already does.

Code: 
SUPPORTED DEVICES
     netmap natively supports the following devices:

     On FreeBSD: cxgbe(4), em(4), iflib(4) (providing igb, em and lem),
     ixgbe(4), ixl(4), re(4), vtnet(4).
From netmap(4).

But I do believe this is on 12.0 and higher, not on 10.x or 11.x. As igb got removed and integrated into the em(4) driver. Before 12.0 it was a separate driver (igb(4)).
 
SirDice needs his morning coffee.
bge interface is Broadcom

bge(4)

www.freebsd.org www.freebsd.org
From what I read there was reluctance to even add Netgmap to the igb driver as it is really meant for 10G+ networking, not gigabit.
 
Thank you all for responding...I was hoping, and waiting for FreeBSD 12...my setup is a pfSense box using 2011 Mac Mini server and pfSense 2.5 hopefully will release soon. My option so far to take advantage of IPS/IDS inline mode is an Akitto thunderbolt 2 enclosure with a Chelsio T520-SO-CR. So, if FreeBSD 12 still doesn't support BGE gigabit interface, then I'll take my option.
 
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