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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt b/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt index af77ed3c417..96cccebb839 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ -Linux Base Driver for 10 Gigabit PCI Express Intel(R) Network Connection -======================================================================== +Linux* Base Driver for the Intel(R) Ethernet 10 Gigabit PCI Express Family of +Adapters +============================================================================= -Intel Gigabit Linux driver. -Copyright(c) 1999 - 2010 Intel Corporation. +Intel 10 Gigabit Linux driver. +Copyright(c) 1999 - 2013 Intel Corporation. Contents ======== @@ -16,8 +17,8 @@ Contents Identifying Your Adapter ======================== -The driver in this release is compatible with 82598 and 82599-based Intel -Network Connections. +The driver in this release is compatible with 82598, 82599 and X540-based +Intel Network Connections. For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & Driver ID Guide at: @@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ cables that comply with SFF-8431 v4.1 and SFF-8472 v10.4 specifications. Laser turns off for SFP+ when ifconfig down ------------------------------------------- "ifconfig down" turns off the laser for 82599-based SFP+ fiber adapters. -"ifconfig up" turns on the later. +"ifconfig up" turns on the laser. 82598-BASED ADAPTERS @@ -118,6 +119,93 @@ NOTE: For 82598 backplane cards entering 1 gig mode, flow control default behavior is changed to off. Flow control in 1 gig mode on these devices can lead to Tx hangs. +Intel(R) Ethernet Flow Director +------------------------------- +Supports advanced filters that direct receive packets by their flows to +different queues. Enables tight control on routing a flow in the platform. +Matches flows and CPU cores for flow affinity. Supports multiple parameters +for flexible flow classification and load balancing. + +Flow director is enabled only if the kernel is multiple TX queue capable. + +An included script (set_irq_affinity.sh) automates setting the IRQ to CPU +affinity. + +You can verify that the driver is using Flow Director by looking at the counter +in ethtool: fdir_miss and fdir_match. + +Other ethtool Commands: +To enable Flow Director + ethtool -K ethX ntuple on +To add a filter + Use -U switch. e.g., ethtool -U ethX flow-type tcp4 src-ip 0x178000a + action 1 +To see the list of filters currently present: + ethtool -u ethX + +Perfect Filter: Perfect filter is an interface to load the filter table that +funnels all flow into queue_0 unless an alternative queue is specified using +"action". In that case, any flow that matches the filter criteria will be +directed to the appropriate queue. + +If the queue is defined as -1, filter will drop matching packets. + +To account for filter matches and misses, there are two stats in ethtool: +fdir_match and fdir_miss. In addition, rx_queue_N_packets shows the number of +packets processed by the Nth queue. + +NOTE: Receive Packet Steering (RPS) and Receive Flow Steering (RFS) are not +compatible with Flow Director. IF Flow Director is enabled, these will be +disabled. + +The following three parameters impact Flow Director. + +FdirMode +-------- +Valid Range: 0-2 (0=off, 1=ATR, 2=Perfect filter mode) +Default Value: 1 + + Flow Director filtering modes. + +FdirPballoc +----------- +Valid Range: 0-2 (0=64k, 1=128k, 2=256k) +Default Value: 0 + + Flow Director allocated packet buffer size. + +AtrSampleRate +-------------- +Valid Range: 1-100 +Default Value: 20 + + Software ATR Tx packet sample rate. For example, when set to 20, every 20th + packet, looks to see if the packet will create a new flow. + +Node +---- +Valid Range: 0-n +Default Value: 1 (off) + + 0 - n: where n is the number of NUMA nodes (i.e. 0 - 3) currently online in + your system + 1: turns this option off + + The Node parameter will allow you to pick which NUMA node you want to have + the adapter allocate memory on. + +max_vfs +------- +Valid Range: 1-63 +Default Value: 0 + + If the value is greater than 0 it will also force the VMDq parameter to be 1 + or more. + + This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to + max_vfs worth of virtual function. + + Additional Configurations ========================= @@ -221,9 +309,10 @@ http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2008/downloads/pdf/Thursday/Mark_Wagner.pdf Known Issues ============ - Enabling SR-IOV in a 32-bit Microsoft* Windows* Server 2008 Guest OS using - Intel (R) 82576-based GbE or Intel (R) 82599-based 10GbE controller under KVM - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Enabling SR-IOV in a 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft* Windows* Server 2008/R2 + Guest OS using Intel (R) 82576-based GbE or Intel (R) 82599-based 10GbE + controller under KVM + ------------------------------------------------------------------------ KVM Hypervisor/VMM supports direct assignment of a PCIe device to a VM. This includes traditional PCIe devices, as well as SR-IOV-capable devices using Intel 82576-based and 82599-based controllers. |