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Hans Petter Selasky c25290420e Start process of removing the use of the deprecated "M_FLOWID" flag from the FreeBSD network code. The flag is still kept around in the "sys/mbuf.h" header file, but does no longer have any users. Instead the "m_pkthdr.rsstype" field in the mbuf structure is now used to decide the meaning of the "m_pkthdr.flowid" field. To modify the "m_pkthdr.rsstype" field please use the existing "M_HASHTYPE_XXX" macros as defined in the "sys/mbuf.h" header file. This patch introduces new behaviour in the transmit direction. Previously network drivers checked if "M_FLOWID" was set in "m_flags" before using the "m_pkthdr.flowid" field. This check has now now been replaced by checking if "M_HASHTYPE_GET(m)" is different from "M_HASHTYPE_NONE". In the future more hashtypes will be added, for example hashtypes for hardware dedicated flows. "M_HASHTYPE_OPAQUE" indicates that the "m_pkthdr.flowid" value is valid and has no particular type. This change removes the need for an "if" statement in TCP transmit code checking for the presence of a valid flowid value. The "if" statement mentioned above is now a direct variable assignment which is then later checked by the respective network drivers like before. Additional notes: - The SCTP code changes will be committed as a separate patch. - Removal of the "M_FLOWID" flag will also be done separately. - The FreeBSD version has been bumped. MFC after: 1 month Sponsored by: Mellanox Technologies		2014-12-01 11:45:24 +00:00
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qls_dbg.c
qls_dbg.h
qls_def.h
qls_dump.c
qls_dump.h
qls_glbl.h
qls_hw.c
qls_hw.h
qls_inline.h
qls_ioctl.c
qls_ioctl.h
qls_isr.c	Start process of removing the use of the deprecated "M_FLOWID" flag	2014-12-01 11:45:24 +00:00
qls_os.c	Start process of removing the use of the deprecated "M_FLOWID" flag	2014-12-01 11:45:24 +00:00
qls_os.h
qls_ver.h
README.txt

README.txt

#$FreeBSD$

			README File
		QLogic 8100 series Dual Port
10 Gigabit Ethernet & CNA Adapter Driver for FreeBSD 9.x/10.x

		QLogic Corporation.
		All rights reserved. 


Table of Contents
1. Package Contents 
2. OS Support
3. Supported Features
4. Using the Driver
   4.1 Installing the driver
   4.2 Removing the driver
5. Driver Parameters
6. Additional Notes
7. Contacting Support

1. Package Contents 
 * Documentation 
   - README (this document) version:1.0
   - Release Notes Version:1.0
 * Driver (if_qlxge.ko)
	- FreeBSD 9.x/10.x
 * Firmware: pre-flashed on QLogic adapter;

2. OS Support

The Qlogic 10Gigabit Ethernet/CNA driver is compatible with the 
following OS platforms:
 * FreeBSD 9.x/10.x (64-bit) [Intel EM64T, AMD64]

3. Supported Features
10Gigabit Ethernet NIC/CNA driver supports following features

* Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV4
* Large Segment Offload over TCP IPV6
* Receive Side scaling
* TCP over IPv4 checksum offload
* UDP over IPv4 checksum offload
* IPV4 checksum offload
* TCP over IPv6 checksum offload
* UDP over IPv6 checksum offload
* Jumbo frames
* VLAN Tag


4. Using the driver

 4.1 Installing the driver

   - copy the driver file (if_qlxge.ko) into some directory (say qla_driver)
   - cd <to qla_driver>
   - kldload -v ./if_qlxge.ko

 4.2 Removing the driver
 
  - kldunload if_qlxge

5. Parameters to set prior to installing the driver

   - Add the following lines to /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot the machine prior
     to installing the driver
   
	net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
	net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
	kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
	kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
	net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
	net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
	net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536
 
   - If you do not want to reboot the system please run the following commands

	login or su to root

	sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_max=262144
	sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvbuf_inc=16384
	sysctl kern.ipc.nmbclusters=1000000
	sysctl kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=2097152
	sysctl net.inet.tcp.recvspace=131072
	sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendbuf_max=262144
	sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace=65536

7. Contacting Support 
Please feel free to contact your QLogic approved reseller or QLogic 
Technical Support at any phase of integration for assistance. QLogic
Technical Support can be reached by the following methods: 
Web:    http://support.qlogic.com
E-mail: support@qlogic.com
(c) Copyright 2013-14. All rights reserved worldwide. QLogic, the QLogic 
logo, and the Powered by QLogic logo are registered trademarks of
QLogic Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks 
or registered trademarks of their respective owners.