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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.txt) | 60 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | MAINTAINERS | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/Kconfig | 2 |
4 files changed, 44 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst index da1f8438d4ea..55837244eaad 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/index.rst @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Contents: intel/ipw2200 microsoft/netvsc neterion/s2io + neterion/vxge .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.txt b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.rst index abfec245f97c..589c6b15c63d 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.rst @@ -1,24 +1,30 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +============================================================================== Neterion's (Formerly S2io) X3100 Series 10GbE PCIe Server Adapter Linux driver ============================================================================== -Contents --------- +.. Contents + + 1) Introduction + 2) Features supported + 3) Configurable driver parameters + 4) Troubleshooting -1) Introduction -2) Features supported -3) Configurable driver parameters -4) Troubleshooting +1. Introduction +=============== -1) Introduction: ----------------- This Linux driver supports all Neterion's X3100 series 10 GbE PCIe I/O Virtualized Server adapters. + The X3100 series supports four modes of operation, configurable via -firmware - - Single function mode - Multi function mode - SRIOV mode - MRIOV mode +firmware: + + - Single function mode + - Multi function mode + - SRIOV mode + - MRIOV mode + The functions share a 10GbE link and the pci-e bus, but hardly anything else inside the ASIC. Features like independent hw reset, statistics, bandwidth/ priority allocation and guarantees, GRO, TSO, interrupt moderation etc are @@ -26,41 +32,49 @@ supported independently on each function. (See below for a complete list of features supported for both IPv4 and IPv6) -2) Features supported: ----------------------- +2. Features supported +===================== i) Single function mode (up to 17 queues) ii) Multi function mode (up to 17 functions) iii) PCI-SIG's I/O Virtualization + - Single Root mode: v1.0 (up to 17 functions) - Multi-Root mode: v1.0 (up to 17 functions) iv) Jumbo frames + X3100 Series supports MTU up to 9600 bytes, modifiable using ip command. v) Offloads supported: (Enabled by default) - Checksum offload (TCP/UDP/IP) on transmit and receive paths - TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) on transmit path - Generic Receive Offload (GRO) on receive path + + - Checksum offload (TCP/UDP/IP) on transmit and receive paths + - TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) on transmit path + - Generic Receive Offload (GRO) on receive path vi) MSI-X: (Enabled by default) + Resulting in noticeable performance improvement (up to 7% on certain platforms). vii) NAPI: (Enabled by default) + For better Rx interrupt moderation. viii)RTH (Receive Traffic Hash): (Enabled by default) + Receive side steering for better scaling. ix) Statistics + Comprehensive MAC-level and software statistics displayed using "ethtool -S" option. x) Multiple hardware queues: (Enabled by default) + Up to 17 hardware based transmit and receive data channels, with multiple steering options (transmit multiqueue enabled by default). @@ -69,25 +83,33 @@ x) Multiple hardware queues: (Enabled by default) i) max_config_dev Specifies maximum device functions to be enabled. + Valid range: 1-8 ii) max_config_port Specifies number of ports to be enabled. + Valid range: 1,2 + Default: 1 -iii)max_config_vpath +iii) max_config_vpath Specifies maximum VPATH(s) configured for each device function. + Valid range: 1-17 iv) vlan_tag_strip Enables/disables vlan tag stripping from all received tagged frames that are not replicated at the internal L2 switch. + Valid range: 0,1 (disabled, enabled respectively) + Default: 1 v) addr_learn_en Enable learning the mac address of the guest OS interface in virtualization environment. + Valid range: 0,1 (disabled, enabled respectively) + Default: 0 diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 4e3f96ee0d98..88e9e8430581 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -11657,7 +11657,7 @@ M: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us> L: netdev@vger.kernel.org S: Supported F: Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/s2io.rst -F: Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.txt +F: Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.rst F: drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/ NETFILTER diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/Kconfig index c375ee08f6ea..a82a37094579 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/Kconfig @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ config VXGE labeled as either one, depending on its age. More specific information on configuring the driver is in - <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.txt>. + <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/neterion/vxge.rst>. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module will be called vxge. |