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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/ctu/ctucanfd-driver.rst3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/amd/pds_core.rst139
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e100.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000e.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/fm10k.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst11
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igb.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igbvf.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgb.rst468
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbe.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/counters.rst26
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/devlink.rst68
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/mlx5.rst12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.rst156
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/index.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/napi.rst254
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/rxrpc.rst17
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/tls-handshake.rst217
26 files changed, 859 insertions, 649 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/ctu/ctucanfd-driver.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/ctu/ctucanfd-driver.rst
index 1a4fc6607582..1661d13174d5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/ctu/ctucanfd-driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/can/ctu/ctucanfd-driver.rst
@@ -229,8 +229,7 @@ frames for a while. This has a potential to avoid the costly round of
enabling interrupts, handling an incoming IRQ in ISR, re-enabling the
softirq and switching context back to softirq.
-More detailed documentation of NAPI may be found on the pages of Linux
-Foundation `<https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi>`_.
+See :ref:`Documentation/networking/napi.rst <napi>` for more information.
Integrating the core to Xilinx Zynq
-----------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/amd/pds_core.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/amd/pds_core.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9e8a16c44102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/amd/pds_core.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+========================================================
+Linux Driver for the AMD/Pensando(R) DSC adapter family
+========================================================
+
+Copyright(c) 2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
+
+Identifying the Adapter
+=======================
+
+To find if one or more AMD/Pensando PCI Core devices are installed on the
+host, check for the PCI devices::
+
+ # lspci -d 1dd8:100c
+ b5:00.0 Processing accelerators: Pensando Systems Device 100c
+ b6:00.0 Processing accelerators: Pensando Systems Device 100c
+
+If such devices are listed as above, then the pds_core.ko driver should find
+and configure them for use. There should be log entries in the kernel
+messages such as these::
+
+ $ dmesg | grep pds_core
+ pds_core 0000:b5:00.0: 252.048 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (16.0 GT/s PCIe x16 link)
+ pds_core 0000:b5:00.0: FW: 1.60.0-73
+ pds_core 0000:b6:00.0: 252.048 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (16.0 GT/s PCIe x16 link)
+ pds_core 0000:b6:00.0: FW: 1.60.0-73
+
+Driver and firmware version information can be gathered with devlink::
+
+ $ devlink dev info pci/0000:b5:00.0
+ pci/0000:b5:00.0:
+ driver pds_core
+ serial_number FLM18420073
+ versions:
+ fixed:
+ asic.id 0x0
+ asic.rev 0x0
+ running:
+ fw 1.51.0-73
+ stored:
+ fw.goldfw 1.15.9-C-22
+ fw.mainfwa 1.60.0-73
+ fw.mainfwb 1.60.0-57
+
+Info versions
+=============
+
+The ``pds_core`` driver reports the following versions
+
+.. list-table:: devlink info versions implemented
+ :widths: 5 5 90
+
+ * - Name
+ - Type
+ - Description
+ * - ``fw``
+ - running
+ - Version of firmware running on the device
+ * - ``fw.goldfw``
+ - stored
+ - Version of firmware stored in the goldfw slot
+ * - ``fw.mainfwa``
+ - stored
+ - Version of firmware stored in the mainfwa slot
+ * - ``fw.mainfwb``
+ - stored
+ - Version of firmware stored in the mainfwb slot
+ * - ``asic.id``
+ - fixed
+ - The ASIC type for this device
+ * - ``asic.rev``
+ - fixed
+ - The revision of the ASIC for this device
+
+Parameters
+==========
+
+The ``pds_core`` driver implements the following generic
+parameters for controlling the functionality to be made available
+as auxiliary_bus devices.
+
+.. list-table:: Generic parameters implemented
+ :widths: 5 5 8 82
+
+ * - Name
+ - Mode
+ - Type
+ - Description
+ * - ``enable_vnet``
+ - runtime
+ - Boolean
+ - Enables vDPA functionality through an auxiliary_bus device
+
+Firmware Management
+===================
+
+The ``flash`` command can update a the DSC firmware. The downloaded firmware
+will be saved into either of firmware bank 1 or bank 2, whichever is not
+currently in use, and that bank will used for the next boot::
+
+ # devlink dev flash pci/0000:b5:00.0 \
+ file pensando/dsc_fw_1.63.0-22.tar
+
+Health Reporters
+================
+
+The driver supports a devlink health reporter for FW status::
+
+ # devlink health show pci/0000:2b:00.0 reporter fw
+ pci/0000:2b:00.0:
+ reporter fw
+ state healthy error 0 recover 0
+ # devlink health diagnose pci/0000:2b:00.0 reporter fw
+ Status: healthy State: 1 Generation: 0 Recoveries: 0
+
+Enabling the driver
+===================
+
+The driver is enabled via the standard kernel configuration system,
+using the make command::
+
+ make oldconfig/menuconfig/etc.
+
+The driver is located in the menu structure at:
+
+ -> Device Drivers
+ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
+ -> Ethernet driver support
+ -> AMD devices
+ -> AMD/Pensando Ethernet PDS_CORE Support
+
+Support
+=======
+
+For general Linux networking support, please use the netdev mailing
+list, which is monitored by AMD/Pensando personnel::
+
+ netdev@vger.kernel.org
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
index 392969ac88ad..417ca514a4d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Contents:
3com/vortex
amazon/ena
altera/altera_tse
+ amd/pds_core
aquantia/atlantic
chelsio/cxgb
cirrus/cs89x0
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ Contents:
intel/fm10k
intel/igb
intel/igbvf
- intel/ixgb
intel/ixgbe
intel/ixgbevf
intel/i40e
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e100.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e100.rst
index 3d4a9ba21946..5dee1b53e977 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e100.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e100.rst
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ NAPI
NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the e100 driver.
-See https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi for more
-information on NAPI.
+See :ref:`Documentation/networking/napi.rst <napi>` for more information.
Multiple Interfaces on Same Ethernet Broadcast Network
------------------------------------------------------
@@ -181,8 +180,6 @@ Support
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000.rst
index 4aaae0f7d6ba..52a7fb9ce8d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000.rst
@@ -451,13 +451,8 @@ Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
- http://support.intel.com
-
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
+http://support.intel.com
If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported
kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related
-to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net
+to the issue to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000e.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000e.rst
index f49cd370e7bf..d8f810afdd49 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000e.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/e1000e.rst
@@ -371,13 +371,8 @@ NOTE: Wake on LAN is only supported on port A for the following devices:
Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/fm10k.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/fm10k.rst
index 9258ef6f515c..396a2c8c3db1 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/fm10k.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/fm10k.rst
@@ -130,13 +130,8 @@ the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710.
Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst
index ac35bd472bdc..4fbaa1a2d674 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/i40e.rst
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ operate only in full duplex and only at their native speed.
NAPI
----
NAPI (Rx polling mode) is supported in the i40e driver.
-For more information on NAPI, see
-https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi
+
+See :ref:`Documentation/networking/napi.rst <napi>` for more information.
Flow Control
------------
@@ -759,13 +759,8 @@ enabled when setting up DCB on your switch.
Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst
index 151af0a8da9c..eb926c3bd4cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/iavf.rst
@@ -319,13 +319,8 @@ This is caused by the way the Linux kernel reports this stressed condition.
Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
https://support.intel.com
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst
index 5efea4dd1251..69695e5511f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst
@@ -817,10 +817,10 @@ NOTE:
NAPI
----
+
This driver supports NAPI (Rx polling mode).
-For more information on NAPI, see
-https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/napi
+See :ref:`Documentation/networking/napi.rst <napi>` for more information.
MACVLAN
-------
@@ -1026,12 +1026,9 @@ Support
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
Trademarks
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igb.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igb.rst
index d46289e182cf..fbd590b6a0d6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igb.rst
@@ -201,13 +201,8 @@ NOTE: This feature is exclusive to i210 models.
Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igbvf.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igbvf.rst
index 40fa210c5e14..11a9017f3069 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igbvf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/igbvf.rst
@@ -53,13 +53,8 @@ https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/
Support
=======
For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
-
https://www.intel.com/support/
-or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
-
-https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
-
If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
-to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
+to intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgb.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgb.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c6a233e68ad6..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ixgb.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,468 +0,0 @@
-.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
-
-=====================================================================
-Linux Base Driver for 10 Gigabit Intel(R) Ethernet Network Connection
-=====================================================================
-
-October 1, 2018
-
-
-Contents
-========
-
-- In This Release
-- Identifying Your Adapter
-- Command Line Parameters
-- Improving Performance
-- Additional Configurations
-- Known Issues/Troubleshooting
-- Support
-
-
-
-In This Release
-===============
-
-This file describes the ixgb Linux Base Driver for the 10 Gigabit Intel(R)
-Network Connection. This driver includes support for Itanium(R)2-based
-systems.
-
-For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation
-supplied with your 10 Gigabit adapter. All hardware requirements listed apply
-to use with Linux.
-
-The following features are available in this kernel:
- - Native VLANs
- - Channel Bonding (teaming)
- - SNMP
-
-Channel Bonding documentation can be found in the Linux kernel source:
-/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
-
-The driver information previously displayed in the /proc filesystem is not
-supported in this release. Alternatively, you can use ethtool (version 1.6
-or later), lspci, and iproute2 to obtain the same information.
-
-Instructions on updating ethtool can be found in the section "Additional
-Configurations" later in this document.
-
-
-Identifying Your Adapter
-========================
-
-The following Intel network adapters are compatible with the drivers in this
-release:
-
-+------------+------------------------------+----------------------------------+
-| Controller | Adapter Name | Physical Layer |
-+============+==============================+==================================+
-| 82597EX | Intel(R) PRO/10GbE LR/SR/CX4 | - 10G Base-LR (fiber) |
-| | Server Adapters | - 10G Base-SR (fiber) |
-| | | - 10G Base-CX4 (copper) |
-+------------+------------------------------+----------------------------------+
-
-For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter &
-Driver ID Guide at:
-
- https://support.intel.com
-
-
-Command Line Parameters
-=======================
-
-If the driver is built as a module, the following optional parameters are
-used by entering them on the command line with the modprobe command using
-this syntax::
-
- modprobe ixgb [<option>=<VAL1>,<VAL2>,...]
-
-For example, with two 10GbE PCI adapters, entering::
-
- modprobe ixgb TxDescriptors=80,128
-
-loads the ixgb driver with 80 TX resources for the first adapter and 128 TX
-resources for the second adapter.
-
-The default value for each parameter is generally the recommended setting,
-unless otherwise noted.
-
-Copybreak
----------
-:Valid Range: 0-XXXX
-:Default Value: 256
-
- This is the maximum size of packet that is copied to a new buffer on
- receive.
-
-Debug
------
-:Valid Range: 0-16 (0=none,...,16=all)
-:Default Value: 0
-
- This parameter adjusts the level of debug messages displayed in the
- system logs.
-
-FlowControl
------------
-:Valid Range: 0-3 (0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx)
-:Default Value: 1 if no EEPROM, otherwise read from EEPROM
-
- This parameter controls the automatic generation(Tx) and response(Rx) to
- Ethernet PAUSE frames. There are hardware bugs associated with enabling
- Tx flow control so beware.
-
-RxDescriptors
--------------
-:Valid Range: 64-4096
-:Default Value: 1024
-
- This value is the number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver.
- Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets.
- Each descriptor is 16 bytes. A receive buffer is also allocated for
- each descriptor and can be either 2048, 4056, 8192, or 16384 bytes,
- depending on the MTU setting. When the MTU size is 1500 or less, the
- receive buffer size is 2048 bytes. When the MTU is greater than 1500 the
- receive buffer size will be either 4056, 8192, or 16384 bytes. The
- maximum MTU size is 16114.
-
-TxDescriptors
--------------
-:Valid Range: 64-4096
-:Default Value: 256
-
- This value is the number of transmit descriptors allocated by the driver.
- Increasing this value allows the driver to queue more transmits. Each
- descriptor is 16 bytes.
-
-RxIntDelay
-----------
-:Valid Range: 0-65535 (0=off)
-:Default Value: 72
-
- This value delays the generation of receive interrupts in units of
- 0.8192 microseconds. Receive interrupt reduction can improve CPU
- efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic. Increasing
- this value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up
- decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic. If the system is reporting
- dropped receives, this value may be set too high, causing the driver to
- run out of available receive descriptors.
-
-TxIntDelay
-----------
-:Valid Range: 0-65535 (0=off)
-:Default Value: 32
-
- This value delays the generation of transmit interrupts in units of
- 0.8192 microseconds. Transmit interrupt reduction can improve CPU
- efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic. Increasing
- this value adds extra latency to frame transmission and can end up
- decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic. If this value is set too high,
- it will cause the driver to run out of available transmit descriptors.
-
-XsumRX
-------
-:Valid Range: 0-1
-:Default Value: 1
-
- A value of '1' indicates that the driver should enable IP checksum
- offload for received packets (both UDP and TCP) to the adapter hardware.
-
-RxFCHighThresh
---------------
-:Valid Range: 1,536-262,136 (0x600 - 0x3FFF8, 8 byte granularity)
-:Default Value: 196,608 (0x30000)
-
- Receive Flow control high threshold (when we send a pause frame)
-
-RxFCLowThresh
--------------
-:Valid Range: 64-262,136 (0x40 - 0x3FFF8, 8 byte granularity)
-:Default Value: 163,840 (0x28000)
-
- Receive Flow control low threshold (when we send a resume frame)
-
-FCReqTimeout
-------------
-:Valid Range: 1-65535
-:Default Value: 65535
-
- Flow control request timeout (how long to pause the link partner's tx)
-
-IntDelayEnable
---------------
-:Value Range: 0,1
-:Default Value: 1
-
- Interrupt Delay, 0 disables transmit interrupt delay and 1 enables it.
-
-
-Improving Performance
-=====================
-
-With the 10 Gigabit server adapters, the default Linux configuration will
-very likely limit the total available throughput artificially. There is a set
-of configuration changes that, when applied together, will increase the ability
-of Linux to transmit and receive data. The following enhancements were
-originally acquired from settings published at https://www.spec.org/web99/ for
-various submitted results using Linux.
-
-NOTE:
- These changes are only suggestions, and serve as a starting point for
- tuning your network performance.
-
-The changes are made in three major ways, listed in order of greatest effect:
-
-- Use ip link to modify the mtu (maximum transmission unit) and the txqueuelen
- parameter.
-- Use sysctl to modify /proc parameters (essentially kernel tuning)
-- Use setpci to modify the MMRBC field in PCI-X configuration space to increase
- transmit burst lengths on the bus.
-
-NOTE:
- setpci modifies the adapter's configuration registers to allow it to read
- up to 4k bytes at a time (for transmits). However, for some systems the
- behavior after modifying this register may be undefined (possibly errors of
- some kind). A power-cycle, hard reset or explicitly setting the e6 register
- back to 22 (setpci -d 8086:1a48 e6.b=22) may be required to get back to a
- stable configuration.
-
-- COPY these lines and paste them into ixgb_perf.sh:
-
-::
-
- #!/bin/bash
- echo "configuring network performance , edit this file to change the interface
- or device ID of 10GbE card"
- # set mmrbc to 4k reads, modify only Intel 10GbE device IDs
- # replace 1a48 with appropriate 10GbE device's ID installed on the system,
- # if needed.
- setpci -d 8086:1a48 e6.b=2e
- # set the MTU (max transmission unit) - it requires your switch and clients
- # to change as well.
- # set the txqueuelen
- # your ixgb adapter should be loaded as eth1 for this to work, change if needed
- ip li set dev eth1 mtu 9000 txqueuelen 1000 up
- # call the sysctl utility to modify /proc/sys entries
- sysctl -p ./sysctl_ixgb.conf
-
-- COPY these lines and paste them into sysctl_ixgb.conf:
-
-::
-
- # some of the defaults may be different for your kernel
- # call this file with sysctl -p <this file>
- # these are just suggested values that worked well to increase throughput in
- # several network benchmark tests, your mileage may vary
-
- ### IPV4 specific settings
- # turn TCP timestamp support off, default 1, reduces CPU use
- net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0
- # turn SACK support off, default on
- # on systems with a VERY fast bus -> memory interface this is the big gainer
- net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 0
- # set min/default/max TCP read buffer, default 4096 87380 174760
- net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 10000000 10000000 10000000
- # set min/pressure/max TCP write buffer, default 4096 16384 131072
- net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 10000000 10000000 10000000
- # set min/pressure/max TCP buffer space, default 31744 32256 32768
- net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 10000000 10000000 10000000
-
- ### CORE settings (mostly for socket and UDP effect)
- # set maximum receive socket buffer size, default 131071
- net.core.rmem_max = 524287
- # set maximum send socket buffer size, default 131071
- net.core.wmem_max = 524287
- # set default receive socket buffer size, default 65535
- net.core.rmem_default = 524287
- # set default send socket buffer size, default 65535
- net.core.wmem_default = 524287
- # set maximum amount of option memory buffers, default 10240
- net.core.optmem_max = 524287
- # set number of unprocessed input packets before kernel starts dropping them; default 300
- net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 300000
-
-Edit the ixgb_perf.sh script if necessary to change eth1 to whatever interface
-your ixgb driver is using and/or replace '1a48' with appropriate 10GbE device's
-ID installed on the system.
-
-NOTE:
- Unless these scripts are added to the boot process, these changes will
- only last only until the next system reboot.
-
-
-Resolving Slow UDP Traffic
---------------------------
-If your server does not seem to be able to receive UDP traffic as fast as it
-can receive TCP traffic, it could be because Linux, by default, does not set
-the network stack buffers as large as they need to be to support high UDP
-transfer rates. One way to alleviate this problem is to allow more memory to
-be used by the IP stack to store incoming data.
-
-For instance, use the commands::
-
- sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=262143
-
-and::
-
- sysctl -w net.core.rmem_default=262143
-
-to increase the read buffer memory max and default to 262143 (256k - 1) from
-defaults of max=131071 (128k - 1) and default=65535 (64k - 1). These variables
-will increase the amount of memory used by the network stack for receives, and
-can be increased significantly more if necessary for your application.
-
-
-Additional Configurations
-=========================
-
-Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions
--------------------------------------------------
-Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started is
-distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves adding
-an alias line to /etc/modprobe.conf as well as editing other system startup
-scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux distributions ship
-with tools to make these changes for you. To learn the proper way to
-configure a network device for your system, refer to your distribution
-documentation. If during this process you are asked for the driver or module
-name, the name for the Linux Base Driver for the Intel 10GbE Family of
-Adapters is ixgb.
-
-Viewing Link Messages
----------------------
-Link messages will not be displayed to the console if the distribution is
-restricting system messages. In order to see network driver link messages on
-your console, set dmesg to eight by entering the following::
-
- dmesg -n 8
-
-NOTE: This setting is not saved across reboots.
-
-Jumbo Frames
-------------
-The driver supports Jumbo Frames for all adapte