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author | Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@neterion.com> | 2009-04-01 22:14:23 +0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-04-02 11:33:39 +0400 |
commit | 5adfb64bdd4eee07e0677cbad12a2f80fecc6715 (patch) | |
tree | 9d188748764841ed15d54a11c16aefaadb408670 /Documentation/networking/vxge.txt | |
parent | 7e765cb4a07356e4f01cc57959c3c798a586f749 (diff) | |
download | linux-5adfb64bdd4eee07e0677cbad12a2f80fecc6715.tar.xz |
Neterion: Driver help file
- vxge driver help text file.
- No change from previous submission.
- Changes in previous submissions -
Removed the performance tuning section with instructions to disable
time stamps and change sysctl settings - Reported by Dave Miller
General clean up.
- Removed tx/rx_pause, exec_mode, tx_steering_type, rx_steering_type, gro,
intr_type, rx & tx max_indicate_pkts and exec_mode loadable parameters. The
driver default settings work well in most if not all cases. Another patch
to configure these parameters with ethtool will be released in the future -
Reported by Stephen Hemminger.
- Incorporated following fixes based on comments from Ben Hutchings
Removed references to earlier kernel versions.
Removed sections that are similar for all drivers -
Load/Unload
Identifying the adapter/interface
Boot time configuration
Removed loadable parameter -
NAPI - Napi is always enabled.
rx_steering_type & ring_blocks - The driver default settings
work well in most if not all cases. Another patch to configure
these parameters with ethtool will be released in the future.
Removed ethtool support section - No need to duplicate ethtool
docs here.
Removed Known Issue on SUSE 9 - Doesn't apply when using a
current kernel.
Removed Common Problems section - These don't apply to in-tree modules.
Removed Available Downloads section - Not sure this belongs in-tree.
Removed Copyright information - This notice doesn't belong in
the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Sivakumar Subramani <sivakumar.subramani@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: Rastapur Santosh <santosh.rastapur@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: Ramkrishna Vepa <ram.vepa@neterion.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt b/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d2e2997e6fa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/vxge.txt @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +Neterion's (Formerly S2io) X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe Server Adapter Linux driver +============================================================================== + +Contents +-------- + +1) Introduction +2) Features supported +3) Configurable driver parameters +4) Troubleshooting + +1) Introduction: +---------------- +This Linux driver supports all Neterion's X3100 series 10 GbE PCIe I/O +Virtualized Server adapters. +The X3100 series supports four modes of operation, configurable via +firmware - + Single function mode + Multi function mode + SRIOV mode + MRIOV mode +The functions share a 10GbE link and the pci-e bus, but hardly anything else +inside the ASIC. Features like independent hw reset, statistics, bandwidth/ +priority allocation and guarantees, GRO, TSO, interrupt moderation etc are +supported independently on each function. + +(See below for a complete list of features supported for both IPv4 and IPv6) + +2) Features supported: +---------------------- + +i) Single function mode (up to 17 queues) + +ii) Multi function mode (up to 17 functions) + +iii) PCI-SIG's I/O Virtualization + - Single Root mode: v1.0 (up to 17 functions) + - Multi-Root mode: v1.0 (up to 17 functions) + +iv) Jumbo frames + X3100 Series supports MTU up to 9600 bytes, modifiable using + ifconfig command. + +v) Offloads supported: (Enabled by default) + Checksum offload (TCP/UDP/IP) on transmit and receive paths + TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) on transmit path + Generic Receive Offload (GRO) on receive path + +vi) MSI-X: (Enabled by default) + Resulting in noticeable performance improvement (up to 7% on certain + platforms). + +vii) NAPI: (Enabled by default) + For better Rx interrupt moderation. + +viii)RTH (Receive Traffic Hash): (Enabled by default) + Receive side steering for better scaling. + +ix) Statistics + Comprehensive MAC-level and software statistics displayed using + "ethtool -S" option. + +x) Multiple hardware queues: (Enabled by default) + Up to 17 hardware based transmit and receive data channels, with + multiple steering options (transmit multiqueue enabled by default). + +3) Configurable driver parameters: +---------------------------------- + +i) max_config_dev + Specifies maximum device functions to be enabled. + Valid range: 1-8 + +ii) max_config_port + Specifies number of ports to be enabled. + Valid range: 1,2 + Default: 1 + +iii)max_config_vpath + Specifies maximum VPATH(s) configured for each device function. + Valid range: 1-17 + +iv) vlan_tag_strip + Enables/disables vlan tag stripping from all received tagged frames that + are not replicated at the internal L2 switch. + Valid range: 0,1 (disabled, enabled respectively) + Default: 1 + +v) addr_learn_en + Enable learning the mac address of the guest OS interface in + virtualization environment. + Valid range: 0,1 (disabled, enabled respectively) + Default: 0 + +4) Troubleshooting: +------------------- + +To resolve an issue with the source code or X3100 series adapter, please collect +the statistics, register dumps using ethool, relevant logs and email them to +support@neterion.com. |