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34.Dd February 14, 2011
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 line in
50.Xr loader.conf 5 :
51.Bd -literal -offset indent
52if_cxgbe_load="YES"
53.Ed
54.Sh DESCRIPTION
55The
56.Nm
57driver provides support for PCI Express Ethernet adapters based on
58the Chelsio Terminator 4 (T4) ASIC.
59The driver supprts Jumbo Frames, Transmit/Receive checksum offload,
60TCP segmentation offload (TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), VLAN
61tag insertion/extraction, VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO, and
62Receive Side Steering (RSS).
63
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.max_ntxq_10G_port
104The maximum number of tx queues to use for a 10Gb port.
105The default value is 8.
106.It Va hw.cxgbe.max_nrxq_10G_port
107The maximum number of rx queues to use for a 10Gb port.
108The default value is 8.
109.It Va hw.cxgbe.max_ntxq_1G_port
110The maximum number of tx queues to use for a 1Gb port.
111The default value is 2.
112.It Va hw.cxgbe.max_nrxq_1G_port
113The maximum number of rx queues to use for a 1Gb port.
114The default value is 2.
115.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_10G
116.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_1G
117The timer index value to use to delay interrupts.
118The holdoff timer list has the values 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 200
119by default (all values are in microseconds) and the index selects a
120value from this list.
121The default value is 1 for both 10Gb and 1Gb ports, which means the
122timer value is 5us.
123.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_10G
124.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_1G
125The packet-count index value to use to delay interrupts.
126The packet-count list has the values 1, 8, 16, and 32 by default
127and the index selects a value from this list.
128The default value is 2 for both 10Gb and 1Gb ports, which means 16
129packets (or the holdoff timer going off) before an interrupt is
130generated.
131.It Va hw.cxgbe.qsize_txq
132The size, in number of entries, of the descriptor ring used for a tx
133queue.
134A buf_ring of the same size is also allocated for additional
135software queuing.  See
136.Xr ifnet 9 .
137The default value is 1024.
138.It Va hw.cxgbe.qsize_rxq
139The size, in number of entries, of the descriptor ring used for an
140rx queue.
141The default value is 1024.
142.Sh SUPPORT
143For general information and support,
144go to the Chelsio support website at:
145.Pa http://www.chelsio.com/ .
146.Pp
147If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter,
148email all the specific information related to the issue to
149.Aq support@chelsio.com .
150.Sh SEE ALSO
151.Xr altq 4 ,
152.Xr arp 4 ,
153.Xr cxgb 4 ,
154.Xr netintro 4 ,
155.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
156.Xr ifconfig 8
157.Sh HISTORY
158The
159.Nm
160device driver first appeared in
161.Fx 9.0
162.Sh AUTHORS
163.An -nosplit
164The
165.Nm
166driver was written by
167.An Navdeep Parhar Aq np@FreeBSD.org .
168