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28.Dd August 18, 2020
29.Dt BNXT 4
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm bnxt
33.Nd "Broadcom NetXtreme-C/NetXtreme-E Family Ethernet driver"
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35To compile this driver into the kernel,
36place the following lines in your
37kernel configuration file:
38.Bd -ragged -offset indent
39.Cd "device iflib"
40.Cd "device bnxt"
41.Ed
42.Pp
43Alternatively, to load the driver as a
44module at boot time, place the following line in
45.Xr loader.conf 5 :
46.Bd -literal -offset indent
47if_bnxt_load="YES"
48.Ed
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52driver provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom BCM57301/2/4,
53and BCM57402/4/6 Ethernet controller chips.
54.Pp
55For more information on configuring this device, see
56.Xr ifconfig 8 .
57.Sh HARDWARE
58The
59.Nm
60driver provides support for various NICs based on the Broadcom NetXtreme-C and
61NetXtreme-E families of Gigabit Ethernet controller chips, including the
62following:
63.Pp
64.Bl -bullet -compact
65.It
66Broadcom BCM57301 NetXtreme-C 10Gb Ethernet Controller
67.It
68Broadcom BCM57302 NetXtreme-C 10Gb/25Gb Ethernet Controller
69.It
70Broadcom BCM57304 NetXtreme-C 10Gb/25Gb/40Gb/50Gb Ethernet Controller
71.It
72Broadcom BCM57304 NetXtreme-C Ethernet Virtual Function
73.It
74Broadcom BCM57314 NetXtreme-C Ethernet Virtual Function
75.It
76Broadcom BCM57402 NetXtreme-E 10Gb Ethernet Controller
77.It
78Broadcom BCM57402 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Partition
79.It
80Broadcom BCM57404 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb Ethernet Controller
81.It
82Broadcom BCM57404 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Virtual Function
83.It
84Broadcom BCM57404 NetXtreme-E Partition
85.It
86Broadcom BCM57406 NetXtreme-E 10GBASE-T Ethernet Controller
87.It
88Broadcom BCM57406 NetXtreme-E Partition
89.It
90Broadcom BCM57407 NetXtreme-E 10GBase-T Ethernet Controller
91.It
92Broadcom BCM57407 NetXtreme-E 25Gb Ethernet Controller
93.It
94Broadcom BCM57407 NetXtreme-E Partition
95.It
96Broadcom BCM57412 NetXtreme-E Partition
97.It
98Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Virtual Function
99.It
100Broadcom BCM57414 NetXtreme-E Partition
101.It
102Broadcom BCM57416 NetXtreme-E Partition
103.It
104Broadcom BCM57417 NetXtreme-E Ethernet Partition
105.It
106Broadcom BCM57454 NetXtreme-E 10Gb/25Gb/40Gb/50Gb/100Gb Ethernet
107.El
108.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
109These variables must be set before loading the driver, either via
110.Xr loader.conf 5
111or through the use of
112.Xr kenv 1 .
113These are provided by the
114.Xr iflib 4
115framework, and might be better documented there.
116.Bl -tag -width indent
117.It Va dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_nrxds
118Override the number of RX descriptors for each queue.
119The value is a comma separated list of three positive integers: the size of the
120completion ring,
121the size of the receive ring, and the size of the aggregation ring respectively.
122The completion ring should be at least the size of the aggregation ring plus
123four times the size of the receive ring.
124These numbers must be powers of two, and zero means to use the default.
125Defaults to 0,0,0.
126.It Va dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_ntxds
127Override the number of TX descriptors for each queue.
128The value is a comma separated list of two positive integers: the size of the
129completion ring, and the size of the transmit ring respectively.
130The completion ring should be at least twice the size of the transmit ring.
131These numbers must be powers of two, and zero means to use the default.
132Defaults to 0,0.
133.It Va dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_qs_enable
134When set, allows the number of transmit and receive queues to be different.
135If not set, the lower of the number of TX or RX queues will be used for both.
136.It Va dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_nrxqs
137Set the number of RX queues.
138If zero, the number of RX queues is derived from the number of cores on the
139socket connected to the controller.
140Defaults to 0.
141.It Va dev.bnxt.X.iflib.override_ntxqs
142Set the number of TX queues.
143If zero, the number of TX queues is derived from the number of cores on the
144socket connected to the controller.
145.El
146.Pp
147These
148.Xr sysctl 8
149variables can be changed at any time:
150.Bl -tag -width indent
151.It Va dev.bnxt.X.vlan_only
152Require that incoming frames must have a VLAN tag on them that matches one that
153is configured for the NIC.
154Normally, both frames that have a matching VLAN tag and frames that have no
155VLAN tag are accepted.
156Defaults to 0.
157.It Va dev.bnxt.X.vlan_strip
158When non-zero the NIC strips VLAN tags on receive.
159Defaults to 0.
160.It Va dev.bnxt.X.rx_stall
161Enable buffering rather than dropping frames when there are no available host
162RX buffers for DMA.
163Defaults to 0.
164.It Va dev.bnxt.X.rss_type
165Comma-separated list of RSS hash types to support.
166Default is all types.
167Defaults to ipv4,tcp_ipv4,udp_ipv4,ipv6,tcp_ipv6,udp_ipv6.
168.It Va dev.bnxt.X.rss_key
169Current RSS key.
170Defaults to a randomly generated value which is generated for each device
171during attach.
172.It Va dev.bnxt.X.ver.hwrm_min_ver
173Minimum HWRM (HardWare Resource Manager) firmware API to support.
174If the firmware implements an older version, a warning will be printed, and the
175firmware should be upgraded.
176Defaults to 1.2.2.
177.El
178.Pp
179These
180.Xr sysctl 8
181variables are read-only:
182.Bl -tag -width indent
183.It Va dev.bnxt.X.if_name
184Current interface name of the device.
185This will normally be
186.Va bnxtX ,
187but this can be changed using
188.Cm ifconfig name .
189This sysctl allows correlating an interface with a child of
190.Va dev.bnxt .
191.It Va dev.bnxt.X.nvram.*
192Information about the NVRAM device which contains the device firmware.
193.It Va dev.bnxt.X.ver.*
194Version-related information about the device and firmware:
195.It Va dev.bnxt.X.ver.hwrm_if
196Supported HWRM API version of the currently running firmware.
197.It Va dev.bnxt.X.ver.driver_hwrm_if
198HWRM API version the driver was built to support.
199.It Va dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.*
200Per-queue statistics tracked by the hardware.
201.It Va dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.port_stats.*
202Per-port statistics tracked by the hardware.
203.It Va dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.rxq0.drop_pkts
204Number of packets dropped by hardware on queue zero.
205This number might seem high, but the count includes packets dropped due to
206incorrect destination MAC, unsubscribed multicast address, and other normal
207reasons to ignore Ethernet frames.
208.It Va dev.bnxt.X.hwstats.rxq0.tpa_*
209statistics related to HW LRO.
210.It Va dev.bnxt.X.hw_lro.*
211Enable / Disable HW LRO feature.
212Defaults to disable.
213Enabling HW LRO could cause issues when forwarding is enabled on host.
214.It Va dev.bnxt.X.fc
215Enable / Disable Flow Control feature.
216Defaults to Enable
217.El
218.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
219.Bl -diag
220.It "bnxt%d: %s command returned %s error."
221Device firmware rejected a command from the driver.
222There might be a driver/firmware HWRM API mismatch.
223.It "bnxt%d: Timeout sending %s (timeout: %d) seq %d"
224Device firmware unresponsive.
225A PCI device reset is likely needed.
226.It "bnxt%d: Timeout sending %s (timeout: %d) msg {0x%x 0x%x} len:%d v: %d"
227Partial firmware response.
228A PCI device reset is likely needed.
229.Pp
230As of this writing, the system must be rebooted to initiate a PCI device reset.
231.El
232.Sh SEE ALSO
233.Xr altq 4 ,
234.Xr arp 4 ,
235.Xr iflib 4 ,
236.Xr netintro 4 ,
237.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
238.Xr vlan 4 ,
239.Xr ifconfig 8
240.Sh HISTORY
241The
242.Nm
243device driver first appeared in
244.Fx 11.1 .
245.Sh AUTHORS
246.An -nosplit
247The
248.Nm
249driver was written by
250.An Jack Vogel Aq Mt jfvogel@gmail.com
251and
252.An Stephen Hurd Aq Mt shurd@freebsd.org ,
253and is currently maintained by
254.An Broadcom Limited Aq Mt freebsd.pdl@broadcom.com .
255