But you said FreeBSD... opnsense is not the same as FreeBSD proper even though it is based on it... for example they don't include all the drivers that FreeBSD has... like qlxgb. Not saying you're moving the goalposts but I feel like this may be an unfair conclusion being drawn.
Google is telling me that's not true and that the qlxgb driver for it has existed for years
But you said FreeBSD... opnsense is not the same as FreeBSD proper even though it is based on it... for example they don't include all the drivers that FreeBSD has... like qlxgb. Not saying you're moving the goalposts but I feel like this may be an unfair conclusion being drawn.