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author | Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com> | 2013-09-11 04:40:23 -0400 |
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committer | Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> | 2013-09-11 05:28:40 -0400 |
commit | 1bff652941c4d94f97610c9a30473aad6f5b2fff (patch) | |
tree | a5e0675390a1da5c05fc7edd82a594f872cf2202 /Documentation/networking | |
parent | 02e9c290814cc143ceccecb14eac3e7a05da745e (diff) |
i40e: include i40e in kernel proper
This patch adds the changes for Kconfig, i40e.txt, MAINTAINERS, Kbuild
and new i40e/Makefile to build i40e with the kernel.
New driver build option is CONFIG_I40E
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@intel.com>
CC: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
CC: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Tested-by: Kavindya Deegala <kavindya.s.deegala@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/i40e.txt | 115 |
2 files changed, 117 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index 18b64b2b8a68..f11580f8719a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | |||
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ generic_netlink.txt | |||
86 | - info on Generic Netlink | 86 | - info on Generic Netlink |
87 | gianfar.txt | 87 | gianfar.txt |
88 | - Gianfar Ethernet Driver. | 88 | - Gianfar Ethernet Driver. |
89 | i40e.txt | ||
90 | - README for the Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Driver (i40e). | ||
89 | ieee802154.txt | 91 | ieee802154.txt |
90 | - Linux IEEE 802.15.4 implementation, API and drivers | 92 | - Linux IEEE 802.15.4 implementation, API and drivers |
91 | igb.txt | 93 | igb.txt |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/i40e.txt b/Documentation/networking/i40e.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f737273c6dc1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/i40e.txt | |||
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ | |||
1 | Linux Base Driver for the Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 Family | ||
2 | =================================================================== | ||
3 | |||
4 | Intel i40e Linux driver. | ||
5 | Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation. | ||
6 | |||
7 | Contents | ||
8 | ======== | ||
9 | |||
10 | - Identifying Your Adapter | ||
11 | - Additional Configurations | ||
12 | - Performance Tuning | ||
13 | - Known Issues | ||
14 | - Support | ||
15 | |||
16 | |||
17 | Identifying Your Adapter | ||
18 | ======================== | ||
19 | |||
20 | The driver in this release is compatible with the Intel Ethernet | ||
21 | Controller XL710 Family. | ||
22 | |||
23 | For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & | ||
24 | Driver ID Guide at: | ||
25 | |||
26 | http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-012904.htm | ||
27 | |||
28 | |||
29 | Enabling the driver | ||
30 | =================== | ||
31 | |||
32 | The driver is enabled via the standard kernel configuration system, | ||
33 | using the make command: | ||
34 | |||
35 | Make oldconfig/silentoldconfig/menuconfig/etc. | ||
36 | |||
37 | The driver is located in the menu structure at: | ||
38 | |||
39 | -> Device Drivers | ||
40 | -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) | ||
41 | -> Ethernet driver support | ||
42 | -> Intel devices | ||
43 | -> Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 Family | ||
44 | |||
45 | Additional Configurations | ||
46 | ========================= | ||
47 | |||
48 | Generic Receive Offload (GRO) | ||
49 | ----------------------------- | ||
50 | The driver supports the in-kernel software implementation of GRO. GRO has | ||
51 | shown that by coalescing Rx traffic into larger chunks of data, CPU | ||
52 | utilization can be significantly reduced when under large Rx load. GRO is | ||
53 | an evolution of the previously-used LRO interface. GRO is able to coalesce | ||
54 | other protocols besides TCP. It's also safe to use with configurations that | ||
55 | are problematic for LRO, namely bridging and iSCSI. | ||
56 | |||
57 | Ethtool | ||
58 | ------- | ||
59 | The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and | ||
60 | diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest | ||
61 | ethtool version is required for this functionality. | ||
62 | |||
63 | The latest release of ethtool can be found from | ||
64 | https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool | ||
65 | |||
66 | Data Center Bridging (DCB) | ||
67 | -------------------------- | ||
68 | DCB configuration is not currently supported. | ||
69 | |||
70 | FCoE | ||
71 | ---- | ||
72 | Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) hardware offload is not currently | ||
73 | supported. | ||
74 | |||
75 | MAC and VLAN anti-spoofing feature | ||
76 | ---------------------------------- | ||
77 | When a malicious driver attempts to send a spoofed packet, it is dropped by | ||
78 | the hardware and not transmitted. An interrupt is sent to the PF driver | ||
79 | notifying it of the spoof attempt. | ||
80 | |||
81 | When a spoofed packet is detected the PF driver will send the following | ||
82 | message to the system log (displayed by the "dmesg" command): | ||
83 | |||
84 | Spoof event(s) detected on VF (n) | ||
85 | |||
86 | Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing. | ||
87 | |||
88 | |||
89 | Performance Tuning | ||
90 | ================== | ||
91 | |||
92 | An excellent article on performance tuning can be found at: | ||
93 | |||
94 | http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2008/downloads/pdf/Thursday/Mark_Wagner.pdf | ||
95 | |||
96 | |||
97 | Known Issues | ||
98 | ============ | ||
99 | |||
100 | |||
101 | Support | ||
102 | ======= | ||
103 | |||
104 | For general information, go to the Intel support website at: | ||
105 | |||
106 | http://support.intel.com | ||
107 | |||
108 | or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: | ||
109 | |||
110 | http://e1000.sourceforge.net | ||
111 | |||
112 | If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported | ||
113 | kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related | ||
114 | to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net and copy | ||
115 | netdev@vger.kernel.org. | ||