Patching Intel X520 EEPROM to unlock all SFP+ transceivers

[santeo]

Hello!
I have an Intel X520-DA2 card that I want to unlock. Is this the correct command for flipping the bits to
unlocked based on the information below:
(Don't know how to do the binary math, so I am not completely sure if the command below is completely right according to the output below?)

sudo ethtool -E enp1s0f0 magic 0x154d8086 0x58 value 0xfd <-- Wrong
sudo ethtool -E enp1s0f0 magic 0x154d8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd <-- Correct

EDIT: When running the above command I got:
ethtool: bad command line argument(s)
For more information run ethtool -h
I should have the right magic word?
It does not work with length 1 in the end either..

ip addr
4: enp1s0f0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
5: enp1s0f1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
link/ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

lspci -nn:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter [8086:154d] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter [8086:154d] (rev 01)

sudo ethtool -e enp1s0f0 offset 0x58 length 1
Offset Values
------ ------
0x0058: fc


sudo ethtool -e enp1s0f0
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 35 40 40 36 fc ff bd 08 00 80 48 02

Thanks in advance!

 

[BoGs]

Not sure if this will help but you could compare what the python script is doing and see where your mistake is. Or just run the script?

Intel x520 EEPROM Patcher allows to unlock the x520 network card to work with non-intel branded SFP modules.

Intel x520 EEPROM Patcher allows to unlock the x520 network card to work with non-intel branded SFP modules. - intel_x520_patcher.py

gist.github.com

 

[MPServers]

Hello!
I have an Intel X520-DA2 card that I want to unlock. Is this the correct command for flipping the bits to
unlocked based on the information below:
(Don't know how to do the binary math, so I am not completely sure if the command below is completely right according to the output below?)

sudo ethtool -E enp1s0f0 magic 0x154d8086 0x58 value 0xfd

Include "length 1" on the end of the -E command that sets that value.

I just did this on a couple X520 card in a system I was converting to fiber SFP's and didn't realize it wouldn't accept my Cisco modules. Fortunately I had a couple Intel modules I could use for now, but it bugged me and I found this thread after searching.

You have to specify that length on the set command, which some earlier posts leave out, probably a change in "ethtool" itself over the years.

Here's the command I used, for example:
ethtool -E enp131s0f0 magic 0x154d8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd length 1

I also made the mistake of not double-checking my device ID so it took me a little more reading to realize my X520 (in a Dell) is 154d, not the other one used in other examples. Once I made that change also, it worked fine.

Well, I say it worked, but I still need to try out those Cisco modules now that I've made the change, just to make sure it *really* worked.

 

[santeo]

Include "length 1" on the end of the -E command that sets that value.

I just did this on a couple X520 card in a system I was converting to fiber SFP's and didn't realize it wouldn't accept my Cisco modules. Fortunately I had a couple Intel modules I could use for now, but it bugged me and I found this thread after searching.

You have to specify that length on the set command, which some earlier posts leave out, probably a change in "ethtool" itself over the years.

Here's the command I used, for example:
ethtool -E enp131s0f0 magic 0x154d8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd length 1

I also made the mistake of not double-checking my device ID so it took me a little more reading to realize my X520 (in a Dell) is 154d, not the other one used in other examples. Once I made that change also, it worked fine.

Well, I say it worked, but I still need to try out those Cisco modules now that I've made the change, just to make sure it *really* worked.

Thank you very much! I just saw that my command was missing the offset word. I did this in the middle of the night, and I guess I was really tired to miss that.

This command now worked for me with my other Intel X520 (actually it is a 82599ES):
ethtool -E enp1s0f0 magic 0x10fb8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd length 1

The magic word was different on that card: (so had to change to 10fb8086.
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82599ES 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection [8086:10fb] (rev 01)

And for my other card this command works:
ethtool -E enp1s0f0 magic 0x154d8086 offset 0x58 value 0xfd length 1
Magic word comes from here:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter [8086:154d] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet 10G 2P X520 Adapter [8086:154d] (rev 01)

(Of course run as root, otherwise you have to put sudo first)