Heh. This board isn't a "way back" board. Nor are these way back IR drivers. Show even 10 cases of the stock drivers on this exact board and firmware level causing issues. That makes this all anecdotal. Have the dev's tested this specifically, or the guys that wrote the drivers? Don't think so. We skip the testing and problem because a bunch of end users want to run a cheap m1015. IT mode works and is well tested, that does not mean IR does not work. Logic. Not to mention "past results are no guarantee of future returns" ;)
And you are right. I would skip the FreeNAS version jump as well. :) I need a damn good reason to touch a solid box, and expect to measure uptime in years/months. Not days.
You know I drink your koolaid most of the time, cyber. Reflashing a board (which can require a seperate box) because someone changed an option in a gui is ludicrous. This isn't fkn windows. Boot it. Leave it.
Guess I chose, leave it ;) LOL. You can see I plainly recommended IT mode first.