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Submitted by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com> Sponsored by: Solarflare Communications, Inc.
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4.1 KiB
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123 lines
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Solarflare Communications, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd February 8, 2012
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.Dt SFXGE 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sfxge
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.Nd "Solarflare 10Gb Ethernet adapter driver"
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To compile this driver into the kernel,
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place the following lines in your
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kernel configuration file:
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.Bd -ragged -offset indent
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.Cd "device sfxge"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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To load the driver as a
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module at boot time, place the following line in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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sfxge_load="YES"
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.Ed
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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driver provides support for 10Gb Ethernet adapters based on
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Solarflare SFC9000 family controllers.
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The driver supports jumbo
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frames, transmit/receive checksum offload, TCP Segmentation Offload
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(TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO,
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and Receive Side Scaling (RSS) using MSI-X interrupts.
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.Pp
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The driver allocates 1 receive queue, transmit queue, event queue and
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IRQ per CPU up to a maximum of 64.
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IRQ affinities should be spread out using
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.Xr cpuset 1 .
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Interrupt moderation may be controlled through the sysctl
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.Va dev.sfxge.%d.int_mod
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(units are microseconds).
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.Pp
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For more information on configuring this device, see
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.Xr ifconfig 8 .
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.Pp
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A large number of MAC, PHY and data path statistics are available
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under the sysctl
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.Va dev.sfxge.%d.stats .
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The adapter's VPD
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fields including its serial number are available under the sysctl
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.Va dev.sfxge.%d.vpd .
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.Sh HARDWARE
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The
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.Nm
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driver supports all 10Gb Ethernet adapters based on Solarflare SFC9000
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family controllers.
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.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
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Tunables can be set at the
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.Xr loader 8
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prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
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.Xr loader.conf 5 .
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Actual values can be obtained using
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.Xr sysctl 8 .
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Va hw.sfxge.rx_ring
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Maximum number of descriptors in a receive queue ring.
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Supported values are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.
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.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_ring
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Maximum number of descriptors in a transmit queue ring.
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Supported values are: 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096.
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.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_dpl_get_max
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The maximum length of the deferred packet 'get-list' for queued transmit
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packets, used only if the transmit queue lock can be acquired.
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If packet is dropped, \fItx_early_drops\fR counter grows and local sender
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gets ENOBUFS error.
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Value must be greater than 0.
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.It Va hw.sfxge.tx_dpl_put_max
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The maximum length of the deferred packet 'put-list' for queued transmit
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packets, used if the transmit queue lock cannot be acquired.
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If packet is dropped, \fItx_early_drops\fR counter grows and local sender
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gets ENOBUFS error.
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Value must be greater or equal to 0.
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.Sh SUPPORT
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For general information and support,
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go to the Solarflare support website at:
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.Pa https://support.solarflare.com .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr arp 4 ,
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.Xr netintro 4 ,
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.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
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.Xr vlan 4 ,
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.Xr cpuset 1 ,
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.Xr ifconfig 8
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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driver was written by
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.An Philip Paeps
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and
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.An Solarflare Communications, Inc.
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