Changes since 1.16.26.0 for all three firmwares are listed below. This
list was obtained from the Release Notes of the Chelsio Unified Wire
v3.5.05 release for Linux.
T6 Firmware
++++++++++++
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.63.0
Date : 09/29/2017
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixed a fw crash when configured traffic rate limit is less than 10kbps.
- Fixed traffic rate limiting for smaller traffic rate value.
ETH:
- Fixed 40G link failure when interface is toggled.
- Fixed adapter crash when interface is toggled during traffic.
- Fixed 25G link failure when PEER only supports consortium mode autoneg
for 25G.
- Fixed 100G optics link failure when cable is plugged in after bringing up
the interface.
- Enable RS FEC as default if speed is 100G.
- Fixed DCBX configuration refresh failure.
OFLD
- Fixed 0B iWARP ingress read failure.
- Fixed iWARP SRQ reuse failure.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed vlan interface ping failure.
- Fixed target discovery failures.
- Fixed mutual chap login failure.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.59.0
Date : 09/05/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed fw crash caused by MC parity error in SO adapters.
- Generate Timer0Int interrupt if fw crashes due to unaligned access error. Host
driver must look into PCIE_FW register to see if any fw fatal error has
encountered. If PCIE_FW doesn't indicate any error then driver must ignore this
interrupt.
- Fixed receive buffer threshold settings which was resulting in error frames on
receive side.
ETH:
- Fixed an issue in connection traffic shaping when
FLOWC_WR->FW_FLOWC_MNEM_SCHEDCLASS is not received in first WR on the connection.
- Fixed link failure when speed is changed from 10G-1G-10G due to incorrect flag
check.
- Fixed improper LED behaviour for blink test and when traffic is running.
- Removed storage of previous fec settings from fw. Driver needs to pass the user
settings whenever a new module is plugged in as fw resets these when a module is
unplugged.
OFLD
- OVS offload: TP cache is flushed periodically to get the accuate filters stats
(hit count).
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Ring backbone feature added. New FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_RING_BACKBONE param type
added to query and enable ring backbone support.
- VNI support added for filtering. New entry_type FW_VI_MAC_TYPE_EXACTMAC_VNI
added to FW_VI_MAC_CMD.
- Added new API FW_PARAM_PARAM_DEV_MPSBGMAP to read the priority to buffer group
mapping for the ports.
- FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_TPCHMAP API added to read the port to channel mapping.
- HMA (Host memory access) support added. New FW_HMA_CMD and
FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_HMA_SIZE added to query and configure the HMA. It
enables the memfree support (256 connections) for iwarp.
- PTP support enabled.
ETH:
- Added consortium mode 50G support.
- Added the ability to allow only selected speeds to be advertised during auto
negotiation.
- Increased port capability from 16 to 32 bits to support more speeds.
FW_PARAMS_PARAM_PFVF_PORT_CAPS32 added to query whether fw supports 16 or 32
bit port capability.
OFLD:
- RDMA Write with immediate support added (iwarp 2.0 feature)
- FW_TLS_KEYCTX_TX_WR removed and security key management moved to driver.
- 256 offloaded connections support for iwarp on SO adapters.
iSCSI:
- New param FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_PPOD_EDRAM added for iscsi ppod configuration
in EDRAM (performance improvement).
FOiSCSI:
- iSCSI Command offload target support added.
FOFCoE:
- FCoE support enabled.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.43.0
Date : 05/05/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed default DCB mode to AUTO.
- Fixed DCBX bugs when AUTO mode is configured in config file.
- Fixed an issue where even after removing PFC from switch, PFC wasn't getting
reset.
- Fixed DDR3/DDR4 ECC errors.
- Fixed an FLR issue where FLR completion was going to host before FLR
processing is finished in fw.
ETH:
- Fixed bug in writing multi-bytes using i2c interface.
- Fixed the link failure when optical cable is inserted into the QSA module
after loading the driver.
- Fixed false link up when peer interface was brought down.
- Enabling RS FEC by default for 100Gbase-SR4 according to 802.3BJ standard.
- Fixed bugs related to negotiated fec based local/peer fec ability and request.
- Fixed auto-neg failure with few switches.
- T6 Performance improvement fixes.
OFLD
- Fixed an extra credit issue if FW_RI_TYPE_FINI is delayed in fw due to
backpressure.
- Added a new queue type FW_IQ_TYPE_VF_CQ to handle the FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DMAQ*
commands. queue type will be part of the FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DMAQ_IQ_INTIDX
value. Used in guest RDMA (RDMA from VM/VF) usecase.
- T6 Crypto Coprocessor mode bug fixes.
- T6 Crypto TLS-inline mode bug fixes.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added new API FW_PARAM_PARAM_DEV_MPSBGMAP to read the priority to buffer
group mapping for the ports.
ETH:
- Added broadcom consortium next page support for 25G CR.
This can be enabled using flags=an_brcm option in the t6-config.txt file.
- Added spider mode support.
- Added support for 10G-BaseT converter sfp+ module.
- Added support for additional 25G/100G cables.
- Added support to enable/disable auto-neg using ethtool.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.33.0
Date : 02/24/2017
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixed DDR4 uncorrectable errors.
ETH:
- Enabled link auto negotiation (AN) by default in config file.
- Added AN and FEC control api. Host driver and application can enable/disable
AN and FEC.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Enabled High priorty filter.
- Added T6425 adapter support.
ETH:
- Added new workrequest ETH_TX_PKTS2_WR (see fw api document for more details).
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.29.0
Date : 01/27/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Set multiple fec values only if AN is enabled in config file and when module
is connected.
- Fixed intermittent DDR3/4 ECC errors.
- max number of ethctrl queue in VF set to 2 (reverted the last change
because it causes problem in VF drivers).
ETH:
- Made devlog more verbose by printing cable information in redable form.
- Updated AN settings to work with more 25G/100G switches.
- Added support for more SFP28/QSFP28 cables.
- Fixed an issue of link going down after few hours of idle time.
OFLD:
- Fixed an issue in TLS which was causing fw crash on running TLS traffic.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed the failure of PXE boot OS install on an iscsi lun.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
OFLD:
- Added filtering support for NAT. New WR FW_FILTER2_WR and
FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_FILTER2_WR added for the same.
- Added RDMA guest mode (mode 3 or RDMA from VF) support.
================================================================================
T5 Firmware
++++++++++++
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.63.0
Date : 09/29/2017
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Fixed offload memory overcommit in case of SO adapter.
ETH:
- Fixed DCBX configuration refresh failure.
OFLD
- Fixed 0B iWARP ingress read failure.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed vlan interface ping failure.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.59.0
Date : 09/05/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an FLR issue which was causing error when VF attached VM was powered on.
ETH:
- Fixed an issue in connection traffic shaping when
FLOWC_WR->FW_FLOWC_MNEM_SCHEDCLASS is not received in first WR on the connection.
- Fixed link failure when speed is changed from 10G-1G-10G due to incorrect flag
check.
- Fixed T580 link failure with few switches which take more time for
establishing link.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Ring backbone feature added. New FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_RING_BACKBONE param type
added to query and enable ring backbone support.
- Added new API FW_PARAM_PARAM_DEV_MPSBGMAP to read the priority to buffer group
mapping for the ports.
- FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_TPCHMAP API added to read the port to channel mapping.
FOiSCSI:
- iSCSI Command offload target support added.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.43.0
Date : 05/05/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed default DCB mode to AUTO.
- Fixed DCBX bugs when AUTO mode is configured in config file.
- Fixed an issue where even after removing PFC from switch, PFC wasn't getting
reset.
ETH:
- Fixed bug in writing multi-bytes using i2c interface.
- Fixed the link failure when optical cable is inserted into the QSA module
after loading the driver.
OFLD
- Fixed an extra credit issue if FW_RI_TYPE_FINI is delayed in fw due to
backpressure.
- Added a new queue type FW_IQ_TYPE_VF_CQ to handle the FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DMAQ*
commands. queue type will be part of the FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DMAQ_IQ_INTIDX
value. Used in guest RDMA (RDMA from VM/VF) usecase.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added new API FW_PARAM_PARAM_DEV_MPSBGMAP to read the priority to buffer
group mapping for the ports.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.33.0
Date : 02/24/2017
================================================================================
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
ETH:
- Added new workrequest ETH_TX_PKTS2_WR (see fw api document for more details).
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.29.0
Date : 01/27/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- max number of ethctrl queue in VF set to 2 (reverted the last change
because it causes problem in VF drivers).
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed the failure of PXE boot OS install on an iscsi lun.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
OFLD:
- Added filtering support for NAT. New WR FW_FILTER2_WR and
FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_FILTER2_WR added for the same.
- Added RDMA guest mode (mode 3 or RDMA from VF) support.
================================================================================
T4 Firmware
+++++++++++
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.63.0
Date : 09/29/2017
================================================================================
Fixes
-----
ETH:
- Fixed DCBX configuration refresh failure.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed vlan interface ping failure.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.59.0
Date : 09/05/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
ETH:
- Fixed an issue in connection traffic shaping when
FLOWC_WR->FW_FLOWC_MNEM_SCHEDCLASS is not received in first WR on the connection.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_TPCHMAP API added to read the port to channel mapping.
================================================================================
Version : 1.16.43.0
Date : 05/05/2017
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed default DCB mode to AUTO.
- Fixed DCBX bugs when AUTO mode is configured in config file.
- Fixed an issue where even after removing PFC from switch, PFC wasn't getting
reset.
ETH:
- Fixed bug in writing multi-bytes using i2c interface.
OFLD
- Fixed an extra credit issue if FW_RI_TYPE_FINI is delayed in fw due to
backpressure.
- Added a new queue type FW_IQ_TYPE_VF_CQ to handle the FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DMAQ*
commands. queue type will be part of the FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DMAQ_IQ_INTIDX
value. Used in guest RDMA (RDMA from VM/VF) usecase.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added new API FW_PARAM_PARAM_DEV_MPSBGMAP to read the priority to buffer
group mapping for the ports.
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
These firmwares come from a pre-release snapshot. The final firmwares
in this Chelsio release cycle will likely be .61.0 or later and those
will be the next "long lived" firmwares in FreeBSD head and stable
branches. .59 is being provided in head (only) for wider test exposure.
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
debug (cudbg) code, hooked up to the main driver via an ioctl.
The ioctl can be used to collect the chip's internal state in a
compressed dump file. These dumps can be decoded with the "view"
component of cudbg.
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
MFC after: 2 months
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
The latest firmware has a number of link related fixes, support for a
new custom card, and the fix for a bug that affected rate limiting on
FreeBSD.
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
The ccr(4) driver supports use of the crypto accelerator engine on
Chelsio T6 NICs in "lookaside" mode via the opencrypto framework.
Currently, the driver supports AES-CBC, AES-CTR, AES-GCM, and AES-XTS
cipher algorithms as well as the SHA1-HMAC, SHA2-256-HMAC, SHA2-384-HMAC,
and SHA2-512-HMAC authentication algorithms. The driver also supports
chaining one of AES-CBC, AES-CTR, or AES-XTS with an authentication
algorithm for encrypt-then-authenticate operations.
Note that this driver is still under active development and testing and
may not yet be ready for production use. It does pass the tests in
tests/sys/opencrypto with the exception that the AES-GCM implementation
in the driver does not yet support requests with a zero byte payload.
To use this driver currently, the "uwire" configuration must be used
along with explicitly enabling support for lookaside crypto capabilities
in the cxgbe(4) driver. These can be done by setting the following
tunables before loading the cxgbe(4) driver:
hw.cxgbe.config_file=uwire
hw.cxgbe.cryptocaps_allowed=-1
MFC after: 1 month
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10763
the TOE. For now this capability is always enabled in kernels with
options RATELIMIT. t4_tom will check if_capenable once the base driver
gets code to support rate limiting for any socket (TOE or not).
This was tested with iperf3 and netperf ToT as they already support
SO_MAX_PACING_RATE sockopt. There is a bug in firmwares prior to
1.16.45.0 that affects the BSD driver only and results in rate-limiting
at an incorrect rate. This will resolve by itself as soon as 1.16.45.0
or later firmware shows up in the driver.
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
- Create a new file, t4_sched.c, and move all of the code related to
traffic management from t4_main.c and t4_sge.c to this file.
- Track both Channel Rate Limiter (ch_rl) and Class Rate Limiter (cl_rl)
parameters in the PF driver.
- Initialize all the cl_rl limiters with somewhat arbitrary default
rates and provide routines to update them on the fly.
- Provide routines to reserve and release traffic classes.
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
all public firmwares for all chips since the last release (1.15.37.0)
follows (it's a straight copy-paste from the Release Notes for the
12/30/2016 Unified Wire release on Chelsio's website).
T6 Firmware
++++++++++++
Version : 1.16.26.0
Date : 12/28/2016
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- Max number of egress and control queues adjusted to accomodate
co-processor mode queues.
- Fixed intermittent DDR3/4 ECC errors.
- Fixed a traffic stall when ETS BW is configured as 0%.
- Max number of ethctrl queue in VF set to 1.
ETH:
- Added a new config file option 'speed' under port section to set the
port speed. Use only when auto negotiation is off.
- FEC option removed from firmware config file. cxgbtool can be used to
change the fec setting.
- CPL_TX_TNL_LSO cpl handling added in ETH_TX_PKT_VM handler. This fixes
large tunnel tcp packet support for VxLAN.
Version : 1.16.22.0
Date : 12/05/2016
Fixes
-----
BASE:
- fw_port_type updated in fw API to match kernel.org definitions.
- Saved power by disaling unused MAC lanes.
- Configures correct power bin.
- Enhanced DDR4 performance.
- Enabled interrupts.
- Fixed an issue where filter rule for 'unicast hash' is not working.
ETH:
- Disabled auto negotiation by default because most of 100G switches do
not support AN as of today.
- Fixed flow control not getting disabled problem.
- Fixed an issue where port0 doesn't come up sometimes.
- Fixed 10G link not coming up issue.
- Fixed an issue with promiscuous mode when dcbx disabled.
OFLD:
- Fixed a connection stuck issue when abort is received during out of tx
pages backpressure.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added inline TLS mode support.
Version : 1.16.12.0
Date : 11/11/2016
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added T6 support.
- Added T6 1G/10G/25G/40G/100G link speeds.
- Added T6 co-processor mode crypto support.
- Added facility to increase link AN+AEC timeout.
OFLD:
- Added support for all T5 offload protocols except FCoE.
iSCSI:
- iscsi completion moderation enabled.
=======================================================================
T5 Firmware
++++++++++++
Version : 1.16.26.0
Date : 12/28/2016
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Max number of ethctrl queue in VF set to 1.
Version : 1.16.22.0
Date : 12/05/2016
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue where filter rule for 'unicast hash' is not working.
ETH:
- Fixed an issue with promiscuous mode when dcbx disabled.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
ETH:
- Added 40G-KR support.
Version : 1.16.12.0
Date : 11/11/2016
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed multiple issues related with VFs FLR processing.
- Fixed channel assignment based on number of ports in adapter.
- Fixed a crash when VM having PF assigned as passthrough mode is
rebooted.
- Handled 2nd HELLO command from the same PF without seeing BYE from the
same PF and if that is the only PF.
- A warning is printed in firmware log if PCI-E cookie generation is
enabled in serial initialization file.
- Fixed multiple issues related with Filtering.
- Enabled DSGL memory write for iscsi and rdma.
- Added new FW_PARAMS_CMD[DEV] options to retrieve Serial Configuration
and VPD version numbers.
- Fixed an issue where LVDS output was not getting enabled using vpd.
DCBX:
- Fixed DCBX CEE Incorrect class to pririty mapping.
- Fixed incorrect interpretation of DCBX IEEE PFC.
ETH:
- Adjusted the link related delay timings according to the QSFP spec.
- Improved 40G link bringup time with few switches.
OFLD:
- Do not reserve qp/cq if rdma capability is not enabled.
- Fixed an issue where approx 1600+ TOE connections were causing a
firmware fatal error.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed an issue where unloading foiscsi driver causes mailbox timeout.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added 10G KR/KX support.
- Added T540-BT adapter support.
- Added 4 new rss key modes for PFs and VFs.
OFLD:
- Added new WR FW_RI_FR_NSMR_TPTE_WR to improve fast MR write
performance in RDMA.
Version : 1.16.5.0
Date : 10/26/2016
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed multiple issues where FLR from multiple VFs can cause firmware
crash.
- Fixed channel assignment based on number of ports in adapter.
- Fixed the HELLO command master force api to handle the 2nd HELLO
correctly without getting BYE from the PF driver.
- Added facility to retrieve Serial configuration and VPD version. Two
new FW_PARAMS_CMD[DEV] options added to retrieve these values.
- Fixed multiple issues where FLR from multiple VFs are not completing.
- Added new RSS hash secret key modes.
- Fixed an issue where LVDS output was not getting enabled using vpd.
DCBX:
- Fixed an issue where iscsi tlv is sent incorrectly to host (DCBX CEE).
- Fixed an issue where app priority values are not handled correctly
in fw (DCBX IEEE).
ETH:
- Adjusts the link related delay timings according to the QSFP spec.
- Changed 2.5G mac speed bit to 25G mac speed bit in fw API.
- Improvement in 40G link bringup time with few switches.
OFLD:
- Do not reserve qp/cq if rdma capability is not enabled.
- Fixed an issue where approx 1600+ TOE connections were causing a
firmware fatal error.
- Fixed DSGL memory write in T5. Now iwarp and iscsi can use DSGL to do
memory write.
- Fixed multiple issues in hash filter mode where incorrect protocol
mask was getting used and affecting hash filter functionality.
- New fastpath WR FW_RI_FR_NSMR_TPTE_WR (with fully populated TPTE) is
added for small REG_MR operations.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed an issue in foiscsi recovery path.
- Fixed an issue where foiscsi (in VM in PCIE passthrough mode) didn't
come up after VM FLR.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
ETH:
- Implemented 1G/10G KR/KX ability.
- Implemented T540-BT adapter support.
=======================================================================
T4 Firmware
+++++++++++
Version : 1.16.12.0
Date : 11/11/2016
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue where reading temperature sesors using ldst command
causes mailbox timeout.
- Added new FW_PARAMS_CMD[DEV] options to retrieve Serial Configuration
and VPD version numbers.
ETH:
- Fixed DCBX CEE Incorrect class to pririty mapping.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed an issue where unloading foiscsi driver causes mailbox timeout.
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
come up as 't6nex' nexus devices with 'cc' ports hanging off them.
The T6 firmware and configuration files will be added as soon as they
are released. For now the driver will try to work with whatever
firmware and configuration is on the card's flash.
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
The cxgbev/cxlv driver supports Virtual Function devices for Chelsio
T4 and T4 adapters. The VF devices share most of their code with the
existing PF4 driver (cxgbe/cxl) and as such the VF device driver
currently depends on the PF4 driver.
Similar to the cxgbe/cxl drivers, the VF driver includes a t4vf/t5vf
PCI device driver that attaches to the VF device. It then creates
child cxgbev/cxlv devices representing ports assigned to the VF.
By default, the PF driver assigns a single port to each VF.
t4vf_hw.c contains VF-specific routines from the shared code used to
fetch VF-specific parameters from the firmware.
t4_vf.c contains the VF-specific PCI device driver and includes its
own attach routine.
VF devices are required to use a different firmware request when
transmitting packets (which in turn requires a different CPL message
to encapsulate messages). This alternate firmware request does not
permit chaining multiple packets in a single message, so each packet
results in a firmware request. In addition, the different CPL message
requires more detailed information when enabling hardware checksums,
so parse_pkt() on VF devices must examine L2 and L3 headers for all
packets (not just TSO packets) for VF devices. Finally, L2 checksums
on non-UDP/non-TCP packets do not work reliably (the firmware trashes
the IPv4 fragment field), so IPv4 checksums for such packets are
calculated in software.
Most of the other changes in the non-VF-specific code are to expose
various variables and functions private to the PF driver so that they
can be used by the VF driver.
Note that a limited subset of cxgbetool functions are supported on VF
devices including register dumps, scheduler classes, and clearing of
statistics. In addition, TOE is not supported on VF devices, only for
the PF interfaces.
Reviewed by: np
MFC after: 2 months
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7599
routines available in t4_tom to manage the iSCSI DDP page pod region.
This adds the ability to use multiple DDP page sizes to the iSCSI
driver, among other improvements.
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
Chelsio NICs are a bit unique compared to some other NICs in that they
expose different functionality on different physical functions. In
particular, PF4 is used to manage the NIC interfaces ('t4nex' and 't5nex').
However, PF4 is not able to create VF devices. Instead, VFs are only
supported by physical functions 0 through 3. This commit adds 't4iov'
and 't5iov' drivers that attach to PF0-3.
One extra wrinkle is that the iov devices cannot enable SR-IOV until the
firwmare has been initialized by the main PF4 driver. To handle this
case, a new t4_if kobj interface has been added to permit cross-calls
between the PF drivers. The PF4 driver notifies sibling drivers when it
is fully attached. It also requests sibling drivers to detach before it
detaches. Sibling drivers query the PF4 driver during their attach
routine to see if it is attached. If not, the sibling drivers defer
their attach actions until the PF4 driver informs them it is attached.
VF devices are associated with a single port on the NIC. VF devices
created from PF0 are associated with the first port on the NIC, VFs
from PF1 are associated with the second port, etc. VF devices can
only be created from a PF device that has an associated port. Thus,
on a 2-port card, VFs are only supported on PF0 and PF1.
Reviewed by: np (earlier versions)
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
These firmwares were obtained from the "Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire
v2.12.0.3 for Linux" release. Changes since 1.14.4.0 (which is the
firmware in -STABLE branches) are in the "Release Notes" accompanying
the Unified Wire release and are copy-pasted here as well.
22.1. T5 Firmware
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Version : 1.15.37.0
Date : 04/27/2016
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue in FW_RSS_VI_CONFIG_CMD handling where the default ingress
queue was ignored.
- Fixed an issue where adapter failed to load fw by adjusting DRAM frequency.
- Fixed an issue in watchdog which was causing VM bring-up failure after reboot.
- Fixed 40G link failures with some switches when auto-negotiation enabled.
- Fixed to improve on link bring-up time.
- Per port buffer groups size doubled to improve performance.
- Fixed an issue where bogus d3hot bits were set causing traffic stall.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes adapter was not seen after reboot.
- Fixed an issue where iWARP was crashing in conjunction with traffic management.
- Fixed an issue where link failed to come up after removing twinax cable and
inserting optical module.
ETH
- Fixed a link flap issue on T580-CR.
OFLD
- Fixed a potential iSCSI data corruption issue by disabling RxFragEn flag.
FOiSCSI
- Fixed an issue in recovery path where connection was getting closed before
recovery processing was done.
- Fixed an issue in TCP port reuse.
- Fixed an issue in recovery path when large number (>64) of iSCSI connections
were in use.
- Returned ENETUNREACH if IP was not been provisioned yet and driver tried to
use given inerface.
- Fixed an issue where fw was sending ENETUNREACH event for normal tcp
disconnection.
DCBX
- Fixed an issue where iscsi tlv is sent incorrectly to host. (DCBX CEE)
- Fixed an issue where apply bit set for APP id was affecting the ETS and PFC
settings.(DCBX IEEE)
- Fixed an issue where app priority values are not handled correctly in fw.
(DCBX IEEE)
- Fixed an issue where enable/disable dcbx can cause crash. (DCBX CEE,DCBX IEEE)
FOFCoE
- Removed BB6 support.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added new interface to program DCA settings in SGE contexts; allow 32-byte
IQE size
- Added PTP interface fw_ptp_ts to support PTP Frequeny and Offset adjustment.
- Added MPS raw interface.
ETH:
- New mailbox command FW_DCB_IEEE_CMD api added for IEEE dcbx.
OFLD:
- WR opcode is returned to host in cqe error response.
22.2. T4 Firmware
+++++++++++++++++
Version : 1.15.37.0
Date : 04/27/2016
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue in FW_RSS_VI_CONFIG_CMD handling where default ingress queue
was ignored.
- Fixed an issue in watchdog which was causing VM bring-up failure after reboot.
- Per port buffer groups size doubled to improve performance.
- Fixed an issue where iWARP was crashing in conjunction with traffic management.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed an issue in recovery path where connection was getting closed before
recovery processing was done.
- Fixed an issue in TCP port reuse.
- Fixed an issue in recovery path when large number (>64) of iSCSI connections
were in use.
- Returned ENETUNREACH if IP had not been provisioned yet and driver tried to
use given inerface.
DCBX
- Fixed an issue where iscsi tlv is sent incorrectly to host.(DCBX CEE)
- Fixed an issue where enable/disable dcbx can cause crash in firmware.(DCBX CEE)
FOiSCSI
- Fixes an issue where fw was sending ENETUNREACH event for normal tcp
disconnection.
FOFCoE
- Removed BB6 support.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added MPS raw interface.
ETH:
- New mailbox command FW_DCB_IEEE_CMD api added for IEEE dcbx.
================================================================================
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
MFC after: 6 weeks
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
These firmwares were obtained from the beta "Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire
v2.12.0.2 for Linux" release. Changes since last release are listed in the
"Release Notes" accompanying the beta release and are copy-pasted here as well.
The plan is to have only GA'd firmwares in any -STABLE FreeBSD branch so I'll
MFC this (after 2 months) only if it ends up in a GA release.
================================================================================
================================================================================
22.1. T5 Firmware
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Version : 1.15.28.0
Date : 02/29/2016
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue in FW_RSS_VI_CONFIG_CMD handling where the default ingress
queue was ignored.
- Fixed an issue where adapter failed to load fw by adjusting DRAM frequency.
- Fixed an issue in watchdog which was causing VM bring-up failure after
reboot.
- Fixed 40G link failures with some switches when auto-negotiation enabled.
- Fixed to improve on link bring-up time.
- Per port buffer groups size doubled to improve performance.
- Fixed an issue where bogus d3hot bits were set causing traffic stall.
- Fixed an issue where sometimes adapter was not seen after reboot.
- Fixed an issue where iWARP was crashing in conjunction with traffic
management.
- Fixed an issue where link failed to come up after removing twinax cable and
inserting optical module.
OFLD
- Fixed a potential iSCSI data corruption issue by disabling RxFragEn flag.
FOiSCSI
- Fixed an issue in recovery path where connection was getting closed before
recovery processing was done.
- Fixed an issue in TCP port reuse.
- Fixed an issue in recovery path when large number (>64) of iSCSI connections
were in use.
- Returned ENETUNREACH if IP was not been provisioned yet and driver tried to
use given inerface.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added new interface to program DCA settings in SGE contexts; allow 32-byte
IQE size
- Added PTP interface fw_ptp_ts to support PTP Frequeny and Offset adjustment.
- Added MPS raw interface.
ETH:
- New mailbox command FW_DCB_IEEE_CMD api added for IEEE dcbx.
OFLD:
- WR opcode is returned to host in cqe error response.
================================================================================
================================================================================
22.2. T4 Firmware
+++++++++++++++++
Version : 1.15.28.0
Date : 02/29/2016
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixed an issue in FW_RSS_VI_CONFIG_CMD handling where default ingress queue
was ignored.
- Fixed an issue in watchdog which was causing VM bring-up failure after
reboot.
- Per port buffer groups size doubled to improve performance.
- Fixed an issue where iWARP was crashing in conjunction with traffic
management.
FOiSCSI:
- Fixed an issue in recovery path where connection was getting closed before
recovery processing was done.
- Fixed an issue in TCP port reuse.
- Fixed an issue in recovery path when large number (>64) of iSCSI connections
were in use.
- Returned ENETUNREACH if IP had not been provisioned yet and driver tried to
use given inerface.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Added MPS raw interface.
ETH:
- New mailbox command FW_DCB_IEEE_CMD api added for IEEE dcbx.
================================================================================
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
MFC after: 2 months
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
cards supported by cxgbe(4).
On the host side this driver interfaces with the storage stack via the
ICL (iSCSI Common Layer) in the kernel. On the wire the traffic is
standard iSCSI (SCSI over TCP as per RFC 3720/7143 etc.) that
interoperates with all other standards compliant implementations. The
driver is layered on top of the TOE driver (t4_tom) and promotes
connections being handled by t4_tom to iSCSI ULP (Upper Layer Protocol)
mode. Hardware assistance in this mode includes:
- Full TCP processing.
- iSCSI PDU identification and recovery within the TCP stream.
- Header and/or data digest insertion (tx) and verification (rx).
- Zero copy (both tx and rx).
Man page will follow in a separate commit in a couple of weeks.
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
- Move all files related to the LinuxKPI into sys/compat/linuxkpi and
its subfolders.
- Update sys/conf/files and some Makefiles to use new file locations.
- Added description of COMPAT_LINUXKPI to sys/conf/NOTES which in turn
adds the LinuxKPI to all LINT builds.
- The LinuxKPI can be added to the kernel by setting the
COMPAT_LINUXKPI option. The OFED kernel option no longer builds the
LinuxKPI into the kernel. This was done to keep the build rules for
the LinuxKPI in sys/conf/files simple.
- Extend the LinuxKPI module to include support for USB by moving the
Linux USB compat from usb.ko to linuxkpi.ko.
- Bump the FreeBSD_version.
- A universe kernel build has been done.
Reviewed by: np @ (cxgb and cxgbe related changes only)
Sponsored by: Mellanox Technologies
changes in the firmwares since 1.11.27.0 are listed here (straight copy-paste
from the "Release Notes.txt" accompanying the Chelsio Unified Wire 2.11.1.0
release on the website).
22.1. T5 Firmware
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Version : 1.14.4.0
Date : 08/05/2015
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixes a potential data path hang by properly programming PMTX congestion
threshold settings.
- Fixes a potential initialization error when accessing a configuration file
stored on the flash.
- Fixes a regression where SGE resources can be miss-sized if iWARP is disabled.
ETH:
- Fixes a timing issue that would prevent CR4 links from coming up with some
switches.
FOFCoE:
- Defers fcoe linkdown mailbox command handling till LOGO is sent.
- Updates vlan prio for all outstanding IOs during dcbx update.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Adds support for PAUSE OFF watchdog.
- Reports devlog access information in PCIE_FW_PF register 7.
ETH:
- Enhances segmentation offload to include VxLAN and Geneve.
- Adds PTP support.
- Adds new interface to allow the driver to query the VI rss table base
addresses.
- Allows the driver to program the SGE ingrext contxt CongDrop field.
OFLD:
- Adds new interface for the driver to specify offloaded connections TCP snd
and rcv scale factors.
iSCSI:
- Adds support for iscsi segmentatation offload (ISO).
- Adds support for iscsi t10-dif offload.
FOiSCSI:
- Sets FORCE_BIT for cut through processing for FOiSCSI.
FOFCoE:
- Adds support for FCoE BB6.
- Improves WRITE performance.
================================================================================
================================================================================
Version : 1.13.32.0
Date : 03/25/2015
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixes FW_CAPS_CONFIG_CMD return value on error (was positive instead of
negative)
- Fixes FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_FLOWC_BUFFIFO_SZ indication (was wrong on certain
adapter configurations)
- Fixes config file based PL_TIMEOUT register programming
ETH:
- Fixes a potential EO UDP SEG header corruption
- Fixes an issue where 1000Base-X was not enabled correctly when using QSA
modules
OFLD:
- Fixes timeout issue with half-open connections
- Fixes FW_FLOWC_WR processing when state is set to finwait1
FOFCoE:
- Fixes fcoe xchg leaks in linkdown/peer down path
- Fixes cleanup in FCoE linkdown and fixed buf timer flowid abuse
- Fixes fw crash by clearing fcf flowc during bye
FOiSCSI:
- Don't create a new tcp socket if ERL0 attempt has timed out.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Adds support for VFs on PFs 4 to 7
- Adds support for QPs/CQs on any physical and virtual function
ETH:
- Stops sending LACP frames on loopback interface
- Adds an AUTOEQU indication to CPL_SGE_EGR_UPDATE
- Adds support for CR4 links (BEAN/AEC on 40G TwinAx cables)
OFLD:
- Improves default settings of LAN and CLUSTER TCP timer settings
- Sends Negative Advice CPLs to software
FOISCSI:
- Adds IPv6 support for foiscsi. Keeps backward compatibility with
old foiscsi drivers which doesn't support ipv6.
FOFCoE:
- Added fcoe debug support in flowc dump
================================================================================
================================================================================
Version : 1.12.25.0
Date : 10/22/2014
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Improves precision of the Weight Round Robing Traffic Management Algorithm
- Fixes an issue where the link would intermittently fail to come up
- Fixes an issue where adapters with an external PHY couldn't run at 100Mbps
- Fixes an issue where active optical cables were not recognized
- Fixes link advertising issues on T520-BT (speed and pause frames) that would
cause the link to negotiate unexpected settings
- Forces link restart when auto-negotiation is disabled
- Fix an issue where pause frames wouldn't be fully disabled even if requested
ETH:
- Fixes NVGRE Segmentation Offload network header generation.
DCBX:
- Fixes an issue where some settings were not being sent to the switch
correctly
- Fixes an issue where back-to-back DCBX port updates could get overwritten by
FW
- Fixes a firmware crash on DCBX APP information request before link up
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes abort task leak in tmf response handling
- Fixes TCP RST handling while in iSCSI ERL0
- Fixes a firmware crash on BYE without INIT
ENHANCEMENTS
-------------
BASE:
- Adds link partner settings reporting when available
- Adds QSA support (in conjunction with QSA VPD)
- Adds T520-BT LED support
- Reports NOTSUPPORTED for modules with an unhandled identifier
DCBX:
- Adds version reporting (indicating which version FW is trying to negotiate)
- Adds IEEE support
- Reports LLDP time outs
FOiSCSI:
- Add support for multiple iSCSI DDP client
- Sends DHCP renew request when lease expires
================================================================================
22.2. T4 Firmware
+++++++++++++++++
Version : 1.14.4.0
Date : 08/05/2015
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixes a potential initialization error when accessing a configuration file
stored on the flash.
- Initialize PCIE_DBG_INDIR_REQ.Enable to 0, as hardware failed to do so and
register dumps could result in errors.
ETH:
- Fixes an issue that sometimes prevented the link from coming up in CR adapters.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Adds support for PAUSE OFF watchdog.
- Reports devlog access information in PCIE_FW_PF register 7.
ETH:
- Adds new interface to allow the driver to query the VI rss table base
addresses.
OFLD:
- Adds new interface for the driver to specify offloaded connections TCP snd
and rcv scale factors.
================================================================================
================================================================================
Version : 1.13.32.0
Date : 03/25/2015
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Fixes FW_CAPS_CONFIG_CMD return value on error (was positive instead of
negative)
- Fixes FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_FLOWC_BUFFIFO_SZ indication (was wrong on certain
adapter configurations)
- Fixes config file based PL_TIMEOUT register programming
ETH:
- Fixes a potential EO UDP SEG header corruption
OFLD:
- Fixes timeout issue with half-open connections
- Fixes FW_FLOWC_WR processing when state is set to finwait1
FOiSCSI:
- Don't create a new tcp socket if ERL0 attempt has timed out.
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
ETH:
- Stops sending LACP frames on loopback interface
- Adds an AUTOEQU indication to CPL_SGE_EGR_UPDATE
OFLD:
- Improves default settings of LAN and CLUSTER TCP timer settings
- Sends Negative Advice CPLs to software
================================================================================
================================================================================
Version : 1.12.25.0
Date : 10/22/2014
================================================================================
FIXES
-----
BASE:
- Improves precision of the Weight Round Robing Traffic Management Algorithm
- Forces link restart when auto-negotiation is disabled
- Fix an issue where pause frames wouldn't be fully disabled even if requested
DCBX:
- Fixes an issue where some settings were not being sent to the switch
correctly
- Fixes an issue where back-to-back DCBX port updates could get overwritten by
FW
- Fixes a firmware crash on DCBX APP information request before link up
FOiSCSI:
- Fixes abort task leak in tmf response handling
- Fixes TCP RST handling while in iSCSI ERL0
- Fixes a firmware crash on BYE without INIT
ENHANCEMENTS
------------
BASE:
- Adds link partner settings reporting when available
- Firmware now reports NOTSUPPORTED for modules with an unhandled identifier
DCBX:
- Adds version reporting (indicating which version FW is trying to negotiate)
- Adds IEEE support
- Reports LLDP time outs
FOiSCSI:
- Adds support for multiple iSCSI DDP clients
- Sends DHCP renew request when lease expires
================================================================================
Obtained from: Chelsio Communications
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications
this option from all modules that enable it theirselves.
In C mode -fms-extensions option enables anonymous structs and unions,
allowing us to use this C11 feature in kernel. Of course, clang supports
it without any extra options.
Reviewed by: dim
a dependency. This ensures "ifconfig cxl<n> ..." does the right thing
even when it's run with no driver loaded.
if_cxl.ko is the tiniest module in /boot/kernel.
MFC after: 2 weeks
a) Front load as much work as possible in if_transmit, before any driver
lock or software queue has to get involved.
b) Replace buf_ring with a brand new mp_ring (multiproducer ring). This
is specifically for the tx multiqueue model where one of the if_transmit
producer threads becomes the consumer and other producers carry on as
usual. mp_ring is implemented as standalone code and it should be
possible to use it in any driver with tx multiqueue. It also has:
- the ability to enqueue/dequeue multiple items. This might become
significant if packet batching is ever implemented.
- an abdication mechanism to allow a thread to give up writing tx
descriptors and have another if_transmit thread take over. A thread
that's writing tx descriptors can end up doing so for an unbounded
time period if a) there are other if_transmit threads continuously
feeding the sofware queue, and b) the chip keeps up with whatever the
thread is throwing at it.
- accurate statistics about interesting events even when the stats come
at the expense of additional branches/conditional code.
The NIC txq lock is uncontested on the fast path at this point. I've
left it there for synchronization with the control events (interface
up/down, modload/unload).
c) Add support for "type 1" coalescing work request in the normal NIC tx
path. This work request is optimized for frames with a single item in
the DMA gather list. These are very common when forwarding packets.
Note that netmap tx in cxgbe already uses these "type 1" work requests.
d) Do not request automatic cidx updates every 32 descriptors. Instead,
request updates via bits in individual work requests (still every 32
descriptors approximately). Also, request an automatic final update
when the queue idles after activity. This means NIC tx reclaim is still
performed lazily but it will catch up quickly as soon as the queue
idles. This seems to be the best middle ground and I'll probably do
something similar for netmap tx as well.
e) Implement a faster tx path for WRQs (used by TOE tx and control
queues, _not_ by the normal NIC tx). Allow work requests to be written
directly to the hardware descriptor ring if room is available. I will
convert t4_tom and iw_cxgbe modules to this faster style gradually.
MFC after: 2 months
options into kern.opts.mk and change all the places where we use
src.opts.mk to pull in the options. Conditionally define SYSDIR and
use SYSDIR/conf/kern.opts.mk instead of a CURDIR path. Replace all
instances of CURDIR/../../etc with STSDIR, but only in the affected
files.
As a special compatibility hack, include bsd.owm.mk at the top of
kern.opts.mk to allow the bare build of sys/modules to work on older
systems. If the defaults ever change between 9.x, 10.x and current for
these options, however, you'll wind up with the host OS' defaults
rather than the -current defaults. This hack will be removed when
we no longer need to support this build scenario.
Reviewed by: jhb
Differential Revision: https://phabric.freebsd.org/D529
opt_inet6.h into kmod.mk by forcing almost everybody to eat the same
dogfood. While at it, consolidate the opt_bpf.h and opt_mroute.h
targets here too.
Netmap gets its own hardware-assisted virtual interface and won't take
over or disrupt the "normal" interface in any way. You can use both
simultaneously.
For kernels with DEV_NETMAP, cxgbe(4) carves out an ncxl<N> interface
(note the 'n' prefix) in the hardware to accompany each cxl<N>
interface. These two ifnet's per port share the same wire but really
are separate interfaces in the hardware and software. Each gets its own
L2 MAC addresses (unicast and multicast), MTU, checksum caps, etc. You
should run netmap on the 'n' interfaces only, that's what they are for.
With this, pkt-gen is able to transmit > 45Mpps out of a single 40G port
of a T580 card. 2 port tx is at ~56Mpps total (28M + 28M) as of now.
Single port receive is at 33Mpps but this is very much a work in
progress. I expect it to be closer to 40Mpps once done. In any case
the current effort can already saturate multiple 10G ports of a T5 card
at the smallest legal packet size. T4 gear is totally untested.
trantor:~# ./pkt-gen -i ncxl0 -f tx -D 00:07:43🆎cd:ef
881.952141 main [1621] interface is ncxl0
881.952250 extract_ip_range [275] range is 10.0.0.1:0 to 10.0.0.1:0
881.952253 extract_ip_range [275] range is 10.1.0.1:0 to 10.1.0.1:0
881.962540 main [1804] mapped 334980KB at 0x801dff000
Sending on netmap:ncxl0: 4 queues, 1 threads and 1 cpus.
10.0.0.1 -> 10.1.0.1 (00:00:00:00:00:00 -> 00:07:43🆎cd:ef)
881.962562 main [1882] Sending 512 packets every 0.000000000 s
881.962563 main [1884] Wait 2 secs for phy reset
884.088516 main [1886] Ready...
884.088535 nm_open [457] overriding ifname ncxl0 ringid 0x0 flags 0x1
884.088607 sender_body [996] start
884.093246 sender_body [1064] drop copy
885.090435 main_thread [1418] 45206353 pps (45289533 pkts in 1001840 usec)
886.091600 main_thread [1418] 45322792 pps (45375593 pkts in 1001165 usec)
887.092435 main_thread [1418] 45313992 pps (45351784 pkts in 1000834 usec)
888.094434 main_thread [1418] 45315765 pps (45406397 pkts in 1002000 usec)
889.095434 main_thread [1418] 45333218 pps (45378551 pkts in 1001000 usec)
890.097434 main_thread [1418] 45315247 pps (45405877 pkts in 1002000 usec)
891.099434 main_thread [1418] 45326515 pps (45417168 pkts in 1002000 usec)
892.101434 main_thread [1418] 45333039 pps (45423705 pkts in 1002000 usec)
893.103434 main_thread [1418] 45324105 pps (45414708 pkts in 1001999 usec)
894.105434 main_thread [1418] 45318042 pps (45408723 pkts in 1002001 usec)
895.106434 main_thread [1418] 45332430 pps (45377762 pkts in 1001000 usec)
896.107434 main_thread [1418] 45338072 pps (45383410 pkts in 1001000 usec)
...
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: Chelsio Communications.
all T4 and T5 based cards and is useful for analyzing TSO, LRO, TOE, and
for general purpose monitoring without tapping any cxgbe or cxl ifnet
directly.
Tracers on the T4/T5 chips provide access to Ethernet frames exactly as
they were received from or transmitted on the wire. On transmit, a
tracer will capture a frame after TSO segmentation, hw VLAN tag
insertion, hw L3 & L4 checksum insertion, etc. It will also capture
frames generated by the TCP offload engine (TOE traffic is normally
invisible to the kernel). On receive, a tracer will capture a frame
before hw VLAN extraction, runt filtering, other badness filtering,
before the steering/drop/L2-rewrite filters or the TOE have had a go at
it, and of course before sw LRO in the driver.
There are 4 tracers on a chip. A tracer can trace only in one direction
(tx or rx). For now cxgbetool will set up tracers to capture the first
128B of every transmitted or received frame on a given port. This is a
small subset of what the hardware can do. A pseudo ifnet with the same
name as the nexus driver (t4nex0 or t5nex0) will be created for tracing.
The data delivered to this ifnet is an additional copy made inside the
chip. Normal delivery to cxgbe<n> or cxl<n> will be made as usual.
/* watch cxl0, which is the first port hanging off t5nex0. */
# cxgbetool t5nex0 tracer 0 tx0 (watch what cxl0 is transmitting)
# cxgbetool t5nex0 tracer 1 rx0 (watch what cxl0 is receiving)
# cxgbetool t5nex0 tracer list
# tcpdump -i t5nex0 <== all that cxl0 sees and puts on the wire
If you were doing TSO, a tcpdump on cxl0 may have shown you ~64K
"frames" with no L3/L4 checksum but this will show you the frames that
were actually transmitted.
/* all done */
# cxgbetool t5nex0 tracer 0 disable
# cxgbetool t5nex0 tracer 1 disable
# cxgbetool t5nex0 tracer list
# ifconfig t5nex0 destroy
includes support for the NIC and TOE features of the 40G, 10G, and
1G/100M cards based on the T5.
The ASIC is mostly backward compatible with the Terminator 4 so cxgbe(4)
has been updated instead of writing a brand new driver. T5 cards will
show up as cxl (short for cxlgb) ports attached to the t5nex bus driver.
Sponsored by: Chelsio
- Add full support for IPv6 addresses.
- Read the size of the L2 table during attach. Do not assume that PCIe
physical function 4 of the card has all of the table to itself.
- Use FNV instead of Jenkins to hash L3 addresses and drop the private
copy of jhash.h from the driver.
MFC after: 1 week
Basically, this is automatic rx zero copy when feasible. TCP payload is
DMA'd directly into the userspace buffer described by the uio submitted
in soreceive by an application.
- Works with sockets that are being handled by the TCP offload engine
of a T4 chip (you need t4_tom.ko module loaded after cxgbe, and an
"ifconfig +toe" on the cxgbe interface).
- Does not require any modification to the application.
- Not enabled by default. Use hw.t4nex.<X>.toe.ddp="1" to enable it.
- Stateful TCP offload drivers for Terminator 3 and 4 (T3 and T4) ASICs.
These are available as t3_tom and t4_tom modules that augment cxgb(4)
and cxgbe(4) respectively. The cxgb/cxgbe drivers continue to work as
usual with or without these extra features.
- iWARP driver for Terminator 3 ASIC (kernel verbs). T4 iWARP in the
works and will follow soon.
Build-tested with make universe.
30s overview
============
What interfaces support TCP offload? Look for TOE4 and/or TOE6 in the
capabilities of an interface:
# ifconfig -m | grep TOE
Enable/disable TCP offload on an interface (just like any other ifnet
capability):
# ifconfig cxgbe0 toe
# ifconfig cxgbe0 -toe
Which connections are offloaded? Look for toe4 and/or toe6 in the
output of netstat and sockstat:
# netstat -np tcp | grep toe
# sockstat -46c | grep toe
Reviewed by: bz, gnn
Sponsored by: Chelsio communications.
MFC after: ~3 months (after 9.1, and after ensuring MFC is feasible)
- Device configuration via plain text config file. Also able to operate
when not attached to the chip as the master driver.
- Generic "work request" queue that serves as the base for both ctrl and
ofld tx queues.
- Generic interrupt handler routine that can process any event on any
kind of ingress queue (via a dispatch table).
- A couple of new driver ioctls. cxgbetool can now install a firmware
to the card ("loadfw" command) and can read the card's memory
("memdump" and "tcb" commands).
- Lots of assorted information within dev.t4nex.X.misc.* This is
primarily for debugging and won't show up in sysctl -a.
- Code to manage the L2 tables on the chip.
- Updates to cxgbe(4) man page to go with the tunables that have changed.
- Updates to the shared code in common/
- Updates to the driver-firmware interface (now at fw 1.4.16.0)
MFC after: 1 month
