The card is recognized now! My firmware was actually too high for the bundled driver. I had fw 1.24.17.0 but 1.19.1.0 was required. I've set
to allow the driver to downgrade. Now the card appears in ifconfig. Thanks a lot Samuel, you saved my sanity!
Code:
hw.cxgbe.fw_install="2"
to allow the driver to downgrade. Now the card appears in ifconfig. Thanks a lot Samuel, you saved my sanity!