Finishes the conversion of the 40Gb Intel Ethernet drivers to iflib(9) for
FreeBSD 12.0, and fixes numerous bugs in both ixl(4) and iavf(4).
This commit also re-adds the VF driver to GENERIC since it now compiles and
functions.
The VF driver name was changed from ixlv(4) to iavf(4) because the VF driver is
now intended to be used with future products, not just with Fortville/Fort Park
VFs.
A man page update that documents these drivers is forthcoming in a separate
commit.
Reviewed by: sbruno@, kbowling@
Tested by: jeffrey.e.pieper@intel.com
Approved by: re (gjb@)
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Intel Corporation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16429
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
