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34.Dd May 9, 2017
35.Dt CXGBEV 4
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm cxgbev
39.Nd "Chelsio T4-, T5-, and T6-based 100Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb, 10Gb, and 1Gb Ethernet VF 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.Cd "device cxgbev"
47.Ed
48.Pp
49To load the driver as a
50module at boot time, place the following line in
51.Xr loader.conf 5 :
52.Bd -literal -offset indent
53if_cxgbev_load="YES"
54.Ed
55.Sh DESCRIPTION
56The
57.Nm
58driver provides support for Virtual Functions on PCI Express Ethernet adapters
59based on the Chelsio Terminator 4, Terminator 5, and Terminator 6 ASICs
60(T4, T5, and T6).
61The driver supports Jumbo Frames, Transmit/Receive checksum offload,
62TCP segmentation offload (TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), VLAN
63tag insertion/extraction, VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO, and
64Receive Side Steering (RSS).
65For further hardware information and questions related to hardware
66requirements, see
67.Pa http://www.chelsio.com/ .
68.Pp
69The
70.Nm
71driver uses different names for devices based on the associated ASIC:
72.Bl -column -offset indent "ASIC" "Port Name"
73.It Sy ASIC Ta Sy Port Name Ta Sy Parent Device
74.It T4 Ta cxgbev Ta t4vf
75.It T5 Ta cxlv Ta t5vf
76.It T6 Ta ccv Ta t6vf
77.El
78.Pp
79Loader tunables with the hw.cxgbe prefix apply to VFs from all cards.
80The Physical Function driver for Chelsio Terminator adapters shares these
81tunables.
82The driver provides sysctl MIBs for both ports and parent devices using
83the names above.
84For example, a T5 VF provides port MIBs under dev.cxlv and
85parent device MIBs under dev.t5vf.
86References to sysctl MIBs in the remainder of this page use
87dev.<port> for port MIBs and dev.<nexus> for parent device MIBs.
88.Pp
89For more information on configuring this device, see
90.Xr ifconfig 8 .
91.Sh HARDWARE
92The
93.Nm
94driver supports Virtual Functions on 100Gb and 25Gb Ethernet adapters
95based on the T6 ASIC:
96.Pp
97.Bl -bullet -compact
98.It
99Chelsio T6225-CR
100.It
101Chelsio T6225-SO-CR
102.It
103Chelsio T62100-LP-CR
104.It
105Chelsio T62100-SO-CR
106.It
107Chelsio T62100-CR
108.El
109.Pp
110The
111.Nm
112driver supports Virtual Functions on 40Gb, 10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet adapters
113based on the T5 ASIC:
114.Pp
115.Bl -bullet -compact
116.It
117Chelsio T580-CR
118.It
119Chelsio T580-LP-CR
120.It
121Chelsio T580-LP-SO-CR
122.It
123Chelsio T560-CR
124.It
125Chelsio T540-CR
126.It
127Chelsio T540-LP-CR
128.It
129Chelsio T522-CR
130.It
131Chelsio T520-LL-CR
132.It
133Chelsio T520-CR
134.It
135Chelsio T520-SO
136.It
137Chelsio T520-BT
138.It
139Chelsio T504-BT
140.El
141.Pp
142The
143.Nm
144driver supports Virtual Functions on 10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet adapters based
145on the T4 ASIC:
146.Pp
147.Bl -bullet -compact
148.It
149Chelsio T420-CR
150.It
151Chelsio T422-CR
152.It
153Chelsio T440-CR
154.It
155Chelsio T420-BCH
156.It
157Chelsio T440-BCH
158.It
159Chelsio T440-CH
160.It
161Chelsio T420-SO
162.It
163Chelsio T420-CX
164.It
165Chelsio T420-BT
166.It
167Chelsio T404-BT
168.El
169.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
170Tunables can be set at the
171.Xr loader 8
172prompt before booting the kernel or stored in
173.Xr loader.conf 5 .
174.Bl -tag -width indent
175.It Va hw.cxgbe.ntxq10g
176Number of tx queues used for a 10Gb or higher-speed port.
177The default is 16 or the number
178of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
179.It Va hw.cxgbe.nrxq10g
180Number of rx queues used for a 10Gb or higher-speed port.
181The default is 8 or the number
182of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
183.It Va hw.cxgbe.ntxq1g
184Number of tx queues used for a 1Gb port.
185The default is 4 or the number
186of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
187.It Va hw.cxgbe.nrxq1g
188Number of rx queues used for a 1Gb port.
189The default is 2 or the number
190of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less.
191.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_10G
192.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_1G
193Timer index value used to delay interrupts.
194The holdoff timer list has the values 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 200
195by default (all values are in microseconds) and the index selects a
196value from this list.
197The default value is 1 which means the timer value is 5us.
198Different interfaces can be assigned different values at any time via the
199dev.<port>.X.holdoff_tmr_idx sysctl.
200.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_10G
201.It Va hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_1G
202Packet-count index value used to delay interrupts.
203The packet-count list has the values 1, 8, 16, and 32 by default,
204and the index selects a value from this list.
205The default value is -1 which means packet counting is disabled and interrupts
206are generated based solely on the holdoff timer value.
207Different interfaces can be assigned different values via the
208dev.<port>.X.holdoff_pktc_idx sysctl.
209This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by
210ifconfig up).
211.It Va hw.cxgbe.qsize_txq
212Number of entries in a transmit queue's descriptor ring.
213A buf_ring of the same size is also allocated for additional
214software queuing.
215See
216.Xr ifnet 9 .
217The default value is 1024.
218Different interfaces can be assigned different values via the
219dev.<port>.X.qsize_txq sysctl.
220This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by
221ifconfig up).
222.It Va hw.cxgbe.qsize_rxq
223Number of entries in a receive queue's descriptor ring.
224The default value is 1024.
225Different interfaces can be assigned different values via the
226dev.<port>.X.qsize_rxq sysctl.
227This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by
228ifconfig up).
229.It Va hw.cxgbe.interrupt_types
230Permitted interrupt types.
231Bit 0 represents INTx (line interrupts), bit 1 MSI, and bit 2 MSI-X.
232The default is 7 (all allowed).
233The driver selects the best possible type out of the allowed types.
234Note that Virtual Functions do not support INTx interrupts and fail
235to attach if neither MSI nor MSI-X are enabled.
236.It Va hw.cxgbe.fl_pktshift
237Number of padding bytes inserted before the beginning of an Ethernet
238frame in the receive buffer.
239The default value of 2 ensures that the Ethernet payload (usually the IP header)
240is at a 4 byte aligned address.
2410-7 are all valid values.
242.It Va hw.cxgbe.fl_pad
243A non-zero value ensures that writes from the hardware to a receive buffer are
244padded up to the specified boundary.
245The default is -1 which lets the driver pick a pad boundary.
2460 disables trailer padding completely.
247.It Va hw.cxgbe.buffer_packing
248Allow the hardware to deliver multiple frames in the same receive buffer
249opportunistically.
250The default is -1 which lets the driver decide.
2510 or 1 explicitly disable or enable this feature.
252.It Va hw.cxgbe.allow_mbufs_in_cluster
2531 allows the driver to lay down one or more mbufs within the receive buffer
254opportunistically.
255This is the default.
2560 prohibits the driver from doing so.
257.It Va hw.cxgbe.largest_rx_cluster
258.It Va hw.cxgbe.safest_rx_cluster
259Sizes of rx clusters.
260Each of these must be set to one of the sizes available
261(usually 2048, 4096, 9216, and 16384) and largest_rx_cluster must be greater
262than or equal to safest_rx_cluster.
263The defaults are 16384 and 4096 respectively.
264The driver never attempts to allocate a receive buffer larger than
265largest_rx_cluster and falls back to allocating buffers of
266safest_rx_cluster size if an allocation larger than safest_rx_cluster fails.
267Note that largest_rx_cluster merely establishes a ceiling -- the driver is
268allowed to allocate buffers of smaller sizes.
269.El
270.Pp
271Certain settings and resources for Virtual Functions are dictated
272by the parent Physical Function driver.
273For example, the Physical Function driver limits the number of queues
274available to a Virtual Function.
275Some of these limits can be adjusted in the firmware configuration file
276used with the Physical Function driver.
277.Pp
278The PAUSE settings on the port of a Virtual Function are inherited from
279the settings of the same port on the Physical Function.
280Virtual Functions cannot modify the setting and track changes made to
281the associated port's setting by the Physical Function driver.
282.Pp
283Receive queues on a Virtual Function always drop packets in response to
284congestion
285.Po
286equivalent to setting
287.Va hw.cxgbe.cong_drop
288to 1
289.Pc .
290.Pp
291The VF driver currently depends on the PF driver.
292As a result, loading the VF driver also loads the PF driver as a
293dependency.
294.Sh SUPPORT
295For general information and support,
296go to the Chelsio support website at:
297.Pa http://www.chelsio.com/ .
298.Pp
299If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter,
300email all the specific information related to the issue to
301.Aq Mt support@chelsio.com .
302.Sh SEE ALSO
303.Xr altq 4 ,
304.Xr arp 4 ,
305.Xr cxgbe 4 ,
306.Xr netintro 4 ,
307.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
308.Xr ifconfig 8
309.Sh HISTORY
310The
311.Nm
312device driver first appeared in
313.Fx 11.1
314and
315.Fx 11.1 .
316.Sh AUTHORS
317.An -nosplit
318The
319.Nm
320driver was written by
321.An Navdeep Parhar Aq Mt np@FreeBSD.org
322and
323.An John Baldwin Aq Mt jhb@FreeBSD.org .
324