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34.Dd February 25, 2012
35.Dt CXGBE 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm cxgbe
39.Nd "Chelsio T4 10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet adapter driver"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41To compile this driver into the kernel,
42place the following lines in your
43kernel configuration file:
44.Bd -ragged -offset indent
45.Cd "device cxgbe"
46.Ed
47.Pp
48To load the driver as a
49module at boot time, place the following lines in
50.Xr loader.conf 5 :
51.Bd -literal -offset indent
52t4fw_cfg_load="YES"
53if_cxgbe_load="YES"
54.Ed
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58driver provides support for PCI Express Ethernet adapters based on
59the Chelsio Terminator 4 (T4) ASIC.
60The driver supports Jumbo Frames, Transmit/Receive checksum offload,
61TCP segmentation offload (TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), VLAN
62tag insertion/extraction, VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO, and
63Receive Side Steering (RSS).
64For further hardware information and questions related to hardware
65requirements, see
66.Pa http://www.chelsio.com/ .
67.Pp
68For more information on configuring this device, see
69.Xr ifconfig 8 .
70.Sh HARDWARE
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports 10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet adapters based on the T4 ASIC:
74.Pp
75.Bl -bullet -compact
76.It
77Chelsio T420-CR
78.It
79Chelsio T422-CR
80.It
81Chelsio T440-CR
82.It
83Chelsio T420-BCH
84.It
85Chelsio T440-BCH
86.It
87Chelsio T440-CH
88.It
89Chelsio T420-SO
90.It
91Chelsio T420-CX
92.It
93Chelsio T420-BT
94.It
95Chelsio T404-BT
96.El
97.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
98Tunables can be set at the
99.Xr loader 8
100prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
101.Xr loader.conf 5 .
102.Bl -tag -width indent
103.It Va hw.cxgbe.ntxq10g
104The number of tx queues to use for a 10Gb port.
105The default is 16 or the number
106of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
107.It Va hw.cxgbe.nrxq10g
108The number of rx queues to use for a 10Gb port.
109The default is 8 or the number
110of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
111.It Va hw.cxgbe.ntxq1g
112The number of tx queues to use for a 1Gb port.
113The default is 4 or the number
114of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
115.It Va hw.cxgbe.nrxq1g
116The number of rx queues to use for a 1Gb port.
117The default is 2 or the number
118of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
119.It Va hw.cxgbe.nofldtxq10g
120The number of TOE tx queues to use for a 10Gb port.
121The default is 8 or the
122number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
123.It Va hw.cxgbe.nofldrxq10g
124The number of TOE rx queues to use for a 10Gb port.
125The default is 2 or the
126number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
127.It Va hw.cxgbe.nofldtxq1g
128The number of TOE tx queues to use for a 1Gb port.
129The default is 2 or the
130number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
131.It Va hw.cxgbe.nofldrxq1g
132The number of TOE rx queues to use for a 1Gb port.
133The default is 1.
134.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_10G
135.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_1G
136The timer index value to use to delay interrupts.
137The holdoff timer list has the values 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 200
138by default (all values are in microseconds) and the index selects a
139value from this list.
140The default value is 1 for both 10Gb and 1Gb ports, which means the
141timer value is 5us.
142Different cxgbe interfaces can be assigned different values at any time via the
143dev.cxgbe.X.holdoff_tmr_idx sysctl.
144.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_10G
145.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_1G
146The packet-count index value to use to delay interrupts.
147The packet-count list has the values 1, 8, 16, and 32 by default
148and the index selects a value from this list.
149The default value is -1 for both 10Gb and 1Gb ports, which means packet
150counting is disabled and interrupts are generated based solely on the
151holdoff timer value.
152Different cxgbe interfaces can be assigned different values via the
153dev.cxgbe.X.holdoff_pktc_idx sysctl.
154This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by
155ifconfig up).
156.It Va hw.cxgbe.qsize_txq
157The size, in number of entries, of the descriptor ring used for a tx
158queue.
159A buf_ring of the same size is also allocated for additional
160software queuing.
161See
162.Xr ifnet 9 .
163The default value is 1024.
164Different cxgbe interfaces can be assigned different values via the
165dev.cxgbe.X.qsize_txq sysctl.
166This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by
167ifconfig up).
168.It Va hw.cxgbe.qsize_rxq
169The size, in number of entries, of the descriptor ring used for an
170rx queue.
171The default value is 1024.
172Different cxgbe interfaces can be assigned different values via the
173dev.cxgbe.X.qsize_rxq sysctl.
174This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by
175ifconfig up).
176.It Va hw.cxgbe.interrupt_types
177The interrupt types that the driver is allowed to use.
178Bit 0 represents INTx (line interrupts), bit 1 MSI, bit 2 MSI-X.
179The default is 7 (all allowed).
180The driver will select the best possible type out of the allowed types by
181itself.
182.It Va hw.cxgbe.fw_install
1830 prohibits the driver from installing a firmware on the card.
1841 allows the driver to install a new firmware if internal driver
185heuristics indicate that the new firmware is preferable to the one
186already on the card.
1872 instructs the driver to always install the new firmware on the card as
188long as it is compatible with the driver and is a different version than
189the one already on the card.
190The default is 1.
191.It Va hw.cxgbe.config_file
192Select a pre-packaged device configuration file.
193A configuration file contains a recipe for partitioning and configuring the
194hardware resources on the card.
195This tunable is for specialized applications only and should not be used in
196normal operation.
197The configuration profile currently in use is available in the dev.t4nex.X.cf
198and dev.t4nex.X.cfcsum sysctls.
199.It Va hw.cxgbe.linkcaps_allowed
200.It Va hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed
201.It Va hw.cxgbe.toecaps_allowed
202.It Va hw.cxgbe.rdmacaps_allowed
203.It Va hw.cxgbe.iscsicaps_allowed
204.It Va hw.cxgbe.fcoecaps_allowed
205Disallowing capabilities provides a hint to the driver and firmware to not
206reserve hardware resources for that feature.
207Each of these is a bit field with a bit for each sub-capability within the
208capability.
209This tunable is for specialized applications only and should not be used in
210normal operation.
211The capabilities for which hardware resources have been reserved are listed in
212dev.t4nex.X.*caps sysctls.
213.El
214.Sh SUPPORT
215For general information and support,
216go to the Chelsio support website at:
217.Pa http://www.chelsio.com/ .
218.Pp
219If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter,
220email all the specific information related to the issue to
221.Aq support@chelsio.com .
222.Sh SEE ALSO
223.Xr altq 4 ,
224.Xr arp 4 ,
225.Xr cxgb 4 ,
226.Xr netintro 4 ,
227.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
228.Xr ifconfig 8
229.Sh HISTORY
230The
231.Nm
232device driver first appeared in
233.Fx 9.0 .
234.Sh AUTHORS
235.An -nosplit
236The
237.Nm
238driver was written by
239.An Navdeep Parhar Aq np@FreeBSD.org .
240