Documentation: fm10k: Add kernel documentation
Added the fm10k kernel documentation, which apparently was missing. Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Multi-host Controller
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August 20, 2018
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Copyright(c) 2015-2018 Intel Corporation.
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Contents
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========
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- Identifying Your Adapter
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- Additional Configurations
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- Performance Tuning
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- Known Issues
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- Support
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Identifying Your Adapter
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The driver in this release is compatible with devices based on the Intel(R)
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Ethernet Multi-host Controller.
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For information on how to identify your adapter, and for the latest Intel
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network drivers, refer to the Intel Support website:
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http://www.intel.com/support
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Flow Control
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The Intel(R) Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver does not support Flow
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Control. It will not send pause frames. This may result in dropped frames.
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Virtual Functions (VFs)
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-----------------------
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Use sysfs to enable VFs.
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Valid Range: 0-64
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For example::
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echo $num_vf_enabled > /sys/class/net/$dev/device/sriov_numvfs //enable VFs
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echo 0 > /sys/class/net/$dev/device/sriov_numvfs //disable VFs
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NOTE: Neither the device nor the driver control how VFs are mapped into config
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space. Bus layout will vary by operating system. On operating systems that
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support it, you can check sysfs to find the mapping.
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NOTE: When SR-IOV mode is enabled, hardware VLAN filtering and VLAN tag
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stripping/insertion will remain enabled. Please remove the old VLAN filter
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before the new VLAN filter is added. For example::
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ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 100 // set vlan 100 for VF 0
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ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 0 // Delete vlan 100
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ip link set eth0 vf 0 vlan 200 // set a new vlan 200 for VF 0
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Additional Features and Configurations
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Jumbo Frames
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Jumbo Frames support is enabled by changing the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)
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to a value larger than the default value of 1500.
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Use the ifconfig command to increase the MTU size. For example, enter the
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following where <x> is the interface number::
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ifconfig eth<x> mtu 9000 up
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Alternatively, you can use the ip command as follows::
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ip link set mtu 9000 dev eth<x>
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ip link set up dev eth<x>
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This setting is not saved across reboots. The setting change can be made
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permanent by adding 'MTU=9000' to the file:
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- For RHEL: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth<x>
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- For SLES: /etc/sysconfig/network/<config_file>
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NOTE: The maximum MTU setting for Jumbo Frames is 15342. This value coincides
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with the maximum Jumbo Frames size of 15364 bytes.
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NOTE: This driver will attempt to use multiple page sized buffers to receive
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each jumbo packet. This should help to avoid buffer starvation issues when
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allocating receive packets.
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The driver supports the in-kernel software implementation of GRO. GRO has
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shown that by coalescing Rx traffic into larger chunks of data, CPU
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utilization can be significantly reduced when under large Rx load. GRO is an
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evolution of the previously-used LRO interface. GRO is able to coalesce
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other protocols besides TCP. It's also safe to use with configurations that
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are problematic for LRO, namely bridging and iSCSI.
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Supported ethtool Commands and Options for Filtering
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-n --show-nfc
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Retrieves the receive network flow classification configurations.
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rx-flow-hash tcp4|udp4|ah4|esp4|sctp4|tcp6|udp6|ah6|esp6|sctp6
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Retrieves the hash options for the specified network traffic type.
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-N --config-nfc
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Configures the receive network flow classification.
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rx-flow-hash tcp4|udp4|ah4|esp4|sctp4|tcp6|udp6|ah6|esp6|sctp6 m|v|t|s|d|f|n|r
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Configures the hash options for the specified network traffic type.
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- udp4: UDP over IPv4
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- f Hash on bytes 0 and 1 of the Layer 4 header of the rx packet.
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- n Hash on bytes 2 and 3 of the Layer 4 header of the rx packet.
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Known Issues/Troubleshooting
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Enabling SR-IOV in a 64-bit Microsoft* Windows Server* 2012/R2 guest OS under Linux KVM
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KVM Hypervisor/VMM supports direct assignment of a PCIe device to a VM. This
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includes traditional PCIe devices, as well as SR-IOV-capable devices based on
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the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710.
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Support
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For general information, go to the Intel support website at:
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https://www.intel.com/support/
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or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at:
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/e1000
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If an issue is identified with the released source code on a supported kernel
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with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the issue
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to e1000-devel@lists.sf.net.
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@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Contents:
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dpaa2/index
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dpaa2/index
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e100
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e100
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e1000
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e1000
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fm10k
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kapi
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kapi
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z8530book
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z8530book
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msg_zerocopy
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msg_zerocopy
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F: Documentation/networking/e100.rst
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F: Documentation/networking/e100.rst
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F: Documentation/networking/e1000.rst
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F: Documentation/networking/e1000.rst
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F: Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/e1000e.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/fm10k.rst
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F: Documentation/networking/igb.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/igb.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/igbvf.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/igbvf.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt
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F: Documentation/networking/ixgb.txt
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
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will be called fm10k. MSI-X interrupt support is required
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will be called fm10k. MSI-X interrupt support is required
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