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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/e1000.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/e1000.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt b/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt index d9271e74e488..71ca95855671 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/e1000.txt | |||
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ InterruptThrottleRate | |||
79 | --------------------- | 79 | --------------------- |
80 | (not supported on Intel(R) 82542, 82543 or 82544-based adapters) | 80 | (not supported on Intel(R) 82542, 82543 or 82544-based adapters) |
81 | Valid Range: 0,1,3,4,100-100000 (0=off, 1=dynamic, 3=dynamic conservative, | 81 | Valid Range: 0,1,3,4,100-100000 (0=off, 1=dynamic, 3=dynamic conservative, |
82 | 4=simplified balancing) | 82 | 4=simplified balancing) |
83 | Default Value: 3 | 83 | Default Value: 3 |
84 | 84 | ||
85 | The driver can limit the amount of interrupts per second that the adapter | 85 | The driver can limit the amount of interrupts per second that the adapter |
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ InterruptThrottleRate is set to mode 1. In this mode, which operates | |||
124 | the same as mode 3, the InterruptThrottleRate will be increased stepwise to | 124 | the same as mode 3, the InterruptThrottleRate will be increased stepwise to |
125 | 70000 for traffic in class "Lowest latency". | 125 | 70000 for traffic in class "Lowest latency". |
126 | 126 | ||
127 | In simplified mode the interrupt rate is based on the ratio of Tx and | 127 | In simplified mode the interrupt rate is based on the ratio of TX and |
128 | Rx traffic. If the bytes per second rate is approximately equal, the | 128 | RX traffic. If the bytes per second rate is approximately equal, the |
129 | interrupt rate will drop as low as 2000 interrupts per second. If the | 129 | interrupt rate will drop as low as 2000 interrupts per second. If the |
130 | traffic is mostly transmit or mostly receive, the interrupt rate could | 130 | traffic is mostly transmit or mostly receive, the interrupt rate could |
131 | be as high as 8000. | 131 | be as high as 8000. |
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ NOTE: Depending on the available system resources, the request for a | |||
245 | TxDescriptorStep | 245 | TxDescriptorStep |
246 | ---------------- | 246 | ---------------- |
247 | Valid Range: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor) | 247 | Valid Range: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor) |
248 | 4 (use every 4th Tx Descriptor) | 248 | 4 (use every 4th Tx Descriptor) |
249 | 249 | ||
250 | Default Value: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor) | 250 | Default Value: 1 (use every Tx Descriptor) |
251 | 251 | ||
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Valid Range: 0-xxxxxxx (0=off) | |||
312 | Default Value: 256 | 312 | Default Value: 256 |
313 | Usage: insmod e1000.ko copybreak=128 | 313 | Usage: insmod e1000.ko copybreak=128 |
314 | 314 | ||
315 | Driver copies all packets below or equaling this size to a fresh Rx | 315 | Driver copies all packets below or equaling this size to a fresh RX |
316 | buffer before handing it up the stack. | 316 | buffer before handing it up the stack. |
317 | 317 | ||
318 | This parameter is different than other parameters, in that it is a | 318 | This parameter is different than other parameters, in that it is a |
@@ -431,15 +431,15 @@ Additional Configurations | |||
431 | Ethtool | 431 | Ethtool |
432 | ------- | 432 | ------- |
433 | The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and | 433 | The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and |
434 | diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. Ethtool | 434 | diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The ethtool |
435 | version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. | 435 | version 1.6 or later is required for this functionality. |
436 | 436 | ||
437 | The latest release of ethtool can be found from | 437 | The latest release of ethtool can be found from |
438 | http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel. | 438 | http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/ |
439 | 439 | ||
440 | Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) | 440 | Enabling Wake on LAN* (WoL) |
441 | --------------------------- | 441 | --------------------------- |
442 | WoL is configured through the Ethtool* utility. | 442 | WoL is configured through the ethtool* utility. |
443 | 443 | ||
444 | WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. | 444 | WoL will be enabled on the system during the next shut down or reboot. |
445 | For this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e1000 driver must be | 445 | For this driver version, in order to enable WoL, the e1000 driver must be |