CXGBE(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual CXGBE(4) NAME cxgbe -- Chelsio T4-, T5-, and T6-based 100Gb, 40Gb, 25Gb, 10Gb, and 1Gb Ethernet adapter driver SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device cxgbe To load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following lines in loader.conf(5): t4fw_cfg_load="YES" t5fw_cfg_load="YES" t6fw_cfg_load="YES" if_cxgbe_load="YES" DESCRIPTION The cxgbe driver provides support for PCI Express Ethernet adapters based on the Chelsio Terminator 4, Terminator 5, and Terminator 6 ASICs (T4, T5, and T6). The driver supports Jumbo Frames, Transmit/Receive checksum of- fload, TCP segmentation offload (TSO), Large Receive Offload (LRO), VLAN tag insertion/extraction, VLAN checksum offload, VLAN TSO, and Receive Side Steering (RSS). For further hardware information and questions related to hardware requirements, see http://www.chelsio.com/. The cxgbe driver uses different names for devices based on the associated ASIC: ASIC Port Name Parent Device Virtual Interface T4 cxgbe t4nex vcxgbe T5 cxl t5nex vcxl T6 cc t6nex vcc Loader tunables with the hw.cxgbe prefix apply to all cards. The driver provides sysctl MIBs for both ports and parent devices using the names above. For example, a T5 adapter provides port MIBs under dev.cxl and adapter-wide MIBs under dev.t5nex. References to sysctl MIBs in the re- mainder of this page use dev.<port> for port MIBs and dev.<nexus> for adapter-wide MIBs. For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8). HARDWARE The cxgbe driver supports 100Gb and 25Gb Ethernet adapters based on the T6 ASIC: * Chelsio T6225-CR * Chelsio T6225-SO-CR * Chelsio T62100-LP-CR * Chelsio T62100-SO-CR * Chelsio T62100-CR The cxgbe driver supports 40Gb, 10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet adapters based on the T5 ASIC: * Chelsio T580-CR * Chelsio T580-LP-CR * Chelsio T580-LP-SO-CR * Chelsio T560-CR * Chelsio T540-CR * Chelsio T540-LP-CR * Chelsio T522-CR * Chelsio T520-LL-CR * Chelsio T520-CR * Chelsio T520-SO * Chelsio T520-BT * Chelsio T504-BT The cxgbe driver supports 10Gb and 1Gb Ethernet adapters based on the T4 ASIC: * Chelsio T420-CR * Chelsio T422-CR * Chelsio T440-CR * Chelsio T420-BCH * Chelsio T440-BCH * Chelsio T440-CH * Chelsio T420-SO * Chelsio T420-CX * Chelsio T420-BT * Chelsio T404-BT LOADER TUNABLES Tunables can be set at the loader(8) prompt before booting the kernel or stored in loader.conf(5). There are multiple tunables that control the number of queues of various types. A negative value for such a tunable in- structs the driver to create up to that many queues if there are enough CPU cores available. hw.cxgbe.ntxq10g Number of tx queues used for a 10Gb or higher-speed port. The de- fault is 16 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.nrxq10g Number of rx queues used for a 10Gb or higher-speed port. The de- fault is 8 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.ntxq1g Number of tx queues used for a 1Gb port. The default is 4 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.nrxq1g Number of rx queues used for a 1Gb port. The default is 2 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.nofldtxq10g Number of TOE tx queues used for a 10Gb or higher-speed port. The default is 8 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.nofldrxq10g Number of TOE rx queues used for a 10Gb or higher-speed port. The default is 2 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.nofldtxq1g Number of TOE tx queues used for a 1Gb port. The default is 2 or the number of CPU cores in the system, whichever is less. hw.cxgbe.nofldrxq1g Number of TOE rx queues used for a 1Gb port. The default is 1. hw.cxgbe.num_vis Number of virtual interfaces (VIs) created for each port. Each virtual interface creates a separate network interface. The first virtual interface on each port is required and represents the pri- mary network interface on the port. Additional virtual interfaces on a port are named using the Virtual Interface name from the table above. Additional virtual interfaces use a single pair of queues for rx and tx as well an additional pair of queues for TOE rx and tx. The default is 1. hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_10G hw.cxgbe.holdoff_timer_idx_1G Timer index value used to delay interrupts. The holdoff timer list has the values 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 200 by default (all values are in microseconds) and the index selects a value from this list. The default value is 1 which means the timer value is 5us. Differ- ent interfaces can be assigned different values at any time via the dev.<port>.X.holdoff_tmr_idx sysctl. hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_10G hw.cxgbe.holdoff_pktc_idx_1G Packet-count index value used to delay interrupts. The packet- count list has the values 1, 8, 16, and 32 by default, and the in- dex selects a value from this list. The default value is -1 which means packet counting is disabled and interrupts are generated based solely on the holdoff timer value. Different interfaces can be assigned different values via the dev.<port>.X.holdoff_pktc_idx sysctl. This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by ifconfig up). hw.cxgbe.qsize_txq Number of entries in a transmit queue's descriptor ring. A buf_ring of the same size is also allocated for additional software queuing. See ifnet(9). The default value is 1024. Different in- terfaces can be assigned different values via the dev.<port>.X.qsize_txq sysctl. This sysctl works only when the in- terface has never been marked up (as done by ifconfig up). hw.cxgbe.qsize_rxq Number of entries in a receive queue's descriptor ring. The de- fault value is 1024. Different interfaces can be assigned differ- ent values via the dev.<port>.X.qsize_rxq sysctl. This sysctl works only when the interface has never been marked up (as done by ifconfig up). hw.cxgbe.interrupt_types Permitted interrupt types. Bit 0 represents INTx (line inter- rupts), bit 1 MSI, and bit 2 MSI-X. The default is 7 (all al- lowed). The driver selects the best possible type out of the al- lowed types. hw.cxgbe.fw_install 0 prohibits the driver from installing a firmware on the card. 1 allows the driver to install a new firmware if internal driver heuristics indicate that the new firmware is preferable to the one already on the card. 2 instructs the driver to always install the new firmware on the card as long as it is compatible with the dri- ver and is a different version than the one already on the card. The default is 1. hw.cxgbe.fl_pktshift Number of padding bytes inserted before the beginning of an Ether- net frame in the receive buffer. The default value of 2 ensures that the Ethernet payload (usually the IP header) is at a 4 byte aligned address. 0-7 are all valid values. hw.cxgbe.fl_pad A non-zero value ensures that writes from the hardware to a receive buffer are padded up to the specified boundary. The default is -1 which lets the driver pick a pad boundary. 0 disables trailer padding completely. hw.cxgbe.cong_drop Controls the hardware response to congestion. -1 disables conges- tion feedback and is not recommended. 0 instructs the hardware to backpressure its pipeline on congestion. This usually results in the port emitting PAUSE frames. 1 instructs the hardware to drop frames destined for congested queues. hw.cxgbe.pause_settings PAUSE frame settings. Bit 0 is rx_pause, bit 1 is tx_pause. rx_pause = 1 instructs the hardware to heed incoming PAUSE frames, 0 instructs it to ignore them. tx_pause = 1 allows the hardware to emit PAUSE frames when its receive FIFO reaches a high threshold, 0 prohibits the hardware from emitting PAUSE frames. The default is 3 (both rx_pause and tx_pause = 1). This tunable establishes the default PAUSE settings for all ports. Settings can be displayed and controlled on a per-port basis via the dev.<port>.X.pause_set- tings sysctl. hw.cxgbe.fec FEC (Forward Error Correction) settings. 0 diables FEC. Bit 0 en- ables RS FEC, bit 1 enables BASE-R RS, bit 3 is reserved. The de- fault is -1 which lets the driver pick a value. This tunable es- tablishes the default FEC settings for all ports. Settings can be displayed and controlled on a per-port basis via the dev.<port>.X.fec sysctl. hw.cxgbe.autoneg Link autonegotiation settings. This tunable establishes the de- fault autonegotiation settings for all ports. Settings can be dis- played and controlled on a per-port basis via the dev.<port>.X.au- toneg sysctl. 0 disables autonegotiation. 1 enables autonegotia- tion. The default is -1 which lets the driver pick a value. dev.<port>.X.autoneg is -1 for port and module combinations that do not support autonegotiation. hw.cxgbe.buffer_packing Allow the hardware to deliver multiple frames in the same receive buffer opportunistically. The default is -1 which lets the driver decide. 0 or 1 explicitly disable or enable this feature. hw.cxgbe.allow_mbufs_in_cluster 1 allows the driver to lay down one or more mbufs within the re- ceive buffer opportunistically. This is the default. 0 prohibits the driver from doing so. hw.cxgbe.largest_rx_cluster hw.cxgbe.safest_rx_cluster Sizes of rx clusters. Each of these must be set to one of the sizes available (usually 2048, 4096, 9216, and 16384) and largest_rx_cluster must be greater than or equal to safest_rx_clus- ter. The defaults are 16384 and 4096 respectively. The driver never attempts to allocate a receive buffer larger than largest_rx_cluster and falls back to allocating buffers of safest_rx_cluster size if an allocation larger than safest_rx_clus- ter fails. Note that largest_rx_cluster merely establishes a ceil- ing -- the driver is allowed to allocate buffers of smaller sizes. hw.cxgbe.config_file Select a pre-packaged device configuration file. A configuration file contains a recipe for partitioning and configuring the hard- ware resources on the card. This tunable is for specialized appli- cations only and should not be used in normal operation. The con- figuration profile currently in use is available in the dev.<nexus>.X.cf and dev.<nexus>.X.cfcsum sysctls. hw.cxgbe.linkcaps_allowed hw.cxgbe.niccaps_allowed hw.cxgbe.toecaps_allowed hw.cxgbe.rdmacaps_allowed hw.cxgbe.iscsicaps_allowed hw.cxgbe.fcoecaps_allowed Disallowing capabilities provides a hint to the driver and firmware to not reserve hardware resources for that feature. Each of these is a bit field with a bit for each sub-capability within the capa- bility. This tunable is for specialized applications only and should not be used in normal operation. The capabilities for which hardware resources have been reserved are listed in dev.<nexus>.X.*caps sysctls. SUPPORT For general information and support, go to the Chelsio support website at: http://www.chelsio.com/. If an issue is identified with this driver with a supported adapter, email all the specific information related to the issue to <support@chelsio.com>. SEE ALSO altq(4), arp(4), cxgb(4), cxgbev(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), ifconfig(8) HISTORY The cxgbe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0. Support for T5 cards first appeared in FreeBSD 9.2 and FreeBSD 10.0. Support for T6 cards first appeared in FreeBSD 11.1 and FreeBSD 12.0. AUTHORS The cxgbe driver was written by Navdeep Parhar <np@FreeBSD.org>. FreeBSD 11.1 December 22, 2016 CXGBE(4)
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