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authorjfv <jfv@FreeBSD.org>2007-05-30 23:32:21 +0000
committerjfv <jfv@FreeBSD.org>2007-05-30 23:32:21 +0000
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A few small but significant fixes:
- Coverity Prevent(tm) CID 1906 a bogus use of bzero where unneeded. - ICH8 systems autoneg to 100 rather than 1000, this can also be seen in 82573, the logic was backwards. - On new 82575 quadports half duplex tx speed is slow... this was due to overwriting TCTL reg rather than adding bits.
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+++ b/sys/dev/em/README
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
$FreeBSD$
-FreeBSD Driver for the Gigabit Family of Adapters
-============================================================
+FreeBSD* Driver for Intel Network Connection
+=============================================
-April 18, 2007
+May 30, 2007
Contents
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Contents
Overview
========
-This file describes the FreeBSD* driver for the Gigabit Family of
-Adapters. This driver has been developed for use with FreeBSD, Release 6.x.
+This file describes the FreeBSD* driver for Intel Network Connection.
+This driver has been developed for use with FreeBSD, Release 7.x.
For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation
supplied with your Gigabit adapter. All hardware requirements listed
@@ -88,13 +88,6 @@ name of the driver tar file.
cd em-x.x.x/src
cp *.[ch] /usr/src/sys/dev/em
- cp Makefile.kernel /usr/src/sys/modules/em/Makefile
-
- NOTE: At this point you MUST install a patch, kernbuild.patch, which is
- located in the patches directory. This is applied as shown below where
- "$PATH_TO_KERNBUILD_PATCH" is the location of the kernbuild.patch:
-
- cd /usr/src/sys; patch -p1 < $PATH_TO_KERNBUILD_PATCH
Edit the kernel configuration file (i.e., GENERIC or MYKERNEL) in
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf, and ensure the following line is present:
@@ -211,6 +204,8 @@ Identifying Your Adapter section.
Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Network Connection
Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Network Connection
+ Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
+ Intel(R) PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel(R) PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter
Intel(R) PRO/1000 PF Network Connection
Intel(R) PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
@@ -262,16 +257,11 @@ Identifying Your Adapter section.
To remove a VLAN interface:
- ifconfig <vlan_name> destroy
+ Intel Network Connection ifconfig <vlan_name> destroy
Polling
-------
- NOTES: Device Polling is only valid for non-SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing)
- kernels.
-
- The driver has to be compiled into the kernel for Device Polling to be
- enabled in the driver.
To enable polling in the driver, add the following options to the kernel
configuration, and then recompile the kernel:
@@ -280,9 +270,9 @@ Identifying Your Adapter section.
options HZ=1000
At runtime use:
- sysctl kern.polling.enable=1 to turn polling on
- Use:
- sysctl kern.polling.enable=0 to turn polling off
+ ifconfig emX polling (to turn polling on)
+ and:
+ ifconfig emX -polling (to turn it off)
Checksum Offload
@@ -317,20 +307,25 @@ Identifying Your Adapter section.
TSO
---
- The FreeBSD driver now offers support for TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload).
- To enable this support perform the following:
+ The FreeBSD driver offers support for TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload).
+
+ You can enable/disable it in two ways/places:
+
+ - sysctl net.inet.tcp.tso=0 (or 1 to enable it)
- Patch the kernel with the patch supplied in the tarball.
- Rebuild and install the kernel.
- Recompile the driver. You must alter the Makefile to build the driver with
- E1000_TSO defined.
+ Doing this disables TSO in the stack and will affect all adapters.
- Enable or disable TSO:
- sysctl net.inet.tcp.tso=1 or 0
- 0=disabled, 1=enabled (TSO is enabled by default).
+ - ifconfig emX -tso
- NOTE: TSO is not supported on 82547 and 82544-based adapters, as well as
- older adapters.
+ Doing this will disable TSO only for this adapter.
+
+ To enable:
+
+ - ifconfig emX tso
+
+ NOTES: By default only PCI-Express adapters are ENABLED to do TSO. Others
+ can be enabled by the user at their own risk
+ TSO is not supported on 82547 and 82544-based adapters, as well as older adapters.
Known Limitations
@@ -346,13 +341,6 @@ Known Limitations
check your system's BIOS by downloading the Linux Firmware Developer Kit
that can be obtained at http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org/
- FreeBSD version 4.x with Symmetric MultiProcessing (SMP)
- --------------------------------------------------------
-
- In FreeBSD version 4.x with Symmetric MultiProcessing (SMP), there is a known
- issue on some newer hardware. The problem is kernel generic and only in SMP
- mode. The workaround is to either use FreeBSD version 4.x in single processor
- mode, or use FreeBSD 5.4 or later.
There are known performance issues with this driver when running UDP traffic
with Jumbo Frames.
@@ -369,12 +357,12 @@ Known Limitations
The driver can be compiled with the following changes:
- Edit ./em.x.x.x/src/if_em.h to uncomment the #define E1000_MASTER_SLAVE
- from within the comments. For example, change from:
+ Edit ./em.x.x.x/src/if_em.h to change the #define EM_MASTER_SLAVE
+ For example, change from:
- /* #define E1000_MASTER_SLAVE 2 */
+ #define EM_MASTER_SLAVE e1000_ms_hw_default
to:
- #define E1000_MASTER_SLAVE 2
+ #define EM_MASTER_SLAVE 2
Use one of the following options:
1 = Master mode
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