Hi,
I have installed FreeBSD 14.1 on a ThinkPad X280. I have connected it to the HUB of my Dell U2723QE Monitor via USB/Thunderbolt ; this provides HDMI output, USB 3 Hub (where a mouse and a keyboard are connected) and Ethernet adapter. Everything works Ok except the Ethernet connection.
When it ends working, after a serie of plug/unplug the RJ45 cable, I get really poor bandwidth - like 10Mbps. But most of the time, the status is "no carrier". I don't think the cable or the monitor are the culprit as I also use them with an X1 Carbon (with Windows or OpenBSD) and it works great. I have updated the X280 BIOS but this doesn't help. I have tried various things found using a web search engine (like ifconfig media options, remove laag config and configure ue0 on its own) but none solved the issue. I have no other OS on this machine as I expected to run FreeBSD only on it.
Are there known additionnal things to configure or tricks to have Ethernet over Thunderbolt working on FreeBSD?
Thank you.
Here's a few details on the hardware in case it helps.
- dmesg extract:
- ifconfig output
- /var/log/message output
I have installed FreeBSD 14.1 on a ThinkPad X280. I have connected it to the HUB of my Dell U2723QE Monitor via USB/Thunderbolt ; this provides HDMI output, USB 3 Hub (where a mouse and a keyboard are connected) and Ethernet adapter. Everything works Ok except the Ethernet connection.
When it ends working, after a serie of plug/unplug the RJ45 cable, I get really poor bandwidth - like 10Mbps. But most of the time, the status is "no carrier". I don't think the cable or the monitor are the culprit as I also use them with an X1 Carbon (with Windows or OpenBSD) and it works great. I have updated the X280 BIOS but this doesn't help. I have tried various things found using a web search engine (like ifconfig media options, remove laag config and configure ue0 on its own) but none solved the issue. I have no other OS on this machine as I expected to run FreeBSD only on it.
Are there known additionnal things to configure or tricks to have Ethernet over Thunderbolt working on FreeBSD?
Thank you.
Here's a few details on the hardware in case it helps.
- dmesg extract:
Code:
ugen0.13: <Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN> at usbus0
ure0 on uhub5
ure0: <Realtek USB 10/100/1000 LAN, class 0/0, rev 3.20/33.10, addr 12> on usbus0
ure0: unknown version 0x7420
miibus0: <MII bus> on ure0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> PHY 0 on miibus0
ukphy0: none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, auto
ue0: <USB Ethernet> on ure0[/ICODE]
- usbconfig output
[ICODE]ugen1.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <Intel XHCI root HUB> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.2: <AU9540 Smartcard Reader Alcor Micro Corp.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (50mA)
ugen0.3: <Generic 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.4: <Generic 4-Port USB 2.0 Hub> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.5: <Unifying Receiver Logitech, Inc.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (98mA)
ugen0.6: <Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI) Apple, Inc.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
ugen0.7: <Realtek USB2.0 HID> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
ugen0.8: <Bluetooth wireless interface Intel Corp.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA)
ugen0.9: <SunplusIT Integrated Camera Bison Electronics Inc.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (500mA)
ugen0.10: <Card Reader Realtek Semiconductor Corp.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (200mA)
ugen0.11: <Generic 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.12: <Generic 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.13: <RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Realtek Semiconductor Corp.> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (64mA)
Code:
ue0: flags=1008802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=68009b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT/UTP <full-duplex>)
status: active
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
Code:
Jun 15 01:00:25 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:25 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 15 01:00:29 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:30 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 15 01:00:34 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:34 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 15 01:00:38 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:38 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 15 01:00:42 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:42 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 15 01:00:46 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:46 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
Jun 15 01:00:50 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to UP
Jun 15 01:00:51 kaa kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
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