Update the iflib version of ixl driver based on the OOT version ixl-1.11.29.
Major changes:
- Extract iflib specific functions from ixl_pf_main.c to ixl_pf_iflib.c
to simplify code sharing between legacy and iflib version of driver
- Add support for most recent FW API version (1.10), which extends FW
LLDP Agent control by user to X722 devices
- Improve handling of device global reset
- Add support for the FW recovery mode
- Use virtchnl function to validate virtual channel messages instead of
using separate checks
- Fix MAC/VLAN filters accounting
Submitted by: Krzysztof Galazka <krzysztof.galazka@intel.com>
Reviewed by: erj@
Tested by: Jeffrey Pieper <jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com>
MFC after: 1 week
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24564
Update the driver to use iflib in order to bring performance,
maintainability, and (hopefully) stability benefits to the driver.
The driver currently isn't completely ported; features that are missing:
- VF driver (ixlv)
- SR-IOV host support
- RDMA support
The plan is to have these re-added to the driver before the next FreeBSD release.
Reviewed by: gallatin@
Contributions by: gallatin@, mmacy@, krzysztof.galazka@intel.com
Tested by: jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15577
Refresh upstream driver before impending conversion to iflib.
Major changes:
- Support for descriptor writeback mode (required by ixlv(4) for AVF support)
- Ability to disable firmware LLDP agent by user (PR 221530)
- Fix for TX queue hang when using TSO (PR 221919)
- Separate descriptor ring sizes for TX and RX rings
PR: 221530, 221919
Submitted by: Krzysztof Galazka <krzysztof.galazka@intel.com>
Reviewed by: #IntelNetworking
MFC after: 1 day
Relnotes: Yes
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D14985
Refresh upstream driver before impending conversion to iflib.
Major new features:
- Support for Fortville-based 25G adapters
- Support for I2C reads/writes
(To prevent getting or sending corrupt data, you should set
dev.ixl.0.debug.disable_fw_link_management=1 when using I2C
[this will disable link!], then set it to 0 when done. The driver implements
the SIOCGI2C ioctl, so ifconfig -v works for reading I2C data,
but there are read_i2c and write_i2c sysctls under the .debug sysctl tree
[the latter being useful for upper page support in QSFP+]).
- Addition of an iWARP client interface (so the future iWARP driver for
X722 devices can communicate with the base driver).
- Compiling this option in is enabled by default, with "options IXL_IW" in
GENERIC.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9227
Reviewed by: sbruno
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
