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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>
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Linux Base Driver for the Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 Family | ||
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Intel i40e Linux driver. | ||
Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation. | ||
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Contents | ||
======== | ||
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- Identifying Your Adapter | ||
- Additional Configurations | ||
- Performance Tuning | ||
- Known Issues | ||
- Support | ||
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Identifying Your Adapter | ||
======================== | ||
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The driver in this release is compatible with the Intel Ethernet | ||
Controller XL710 Family. | ||
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For more information on how to identify your adapter, go to the Adapter & | ||
Driver ID Guide at: | ||
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http://support.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-012904.htm | ||
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Enabling the driver | ||
=================== | ||
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The driver is enabled via the standard kernel configuration system, | ||
using the make command: | ||
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Make oldconfig/silentoldconfig/menuconfig/etc. | ||
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The driver is located in the menu structure at: | ||
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-> Device Drivers | ||
-> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y]) | ||
-> Ethernet driver support | ||
-> Intel devices | ||
-> Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XL710 Family | ||
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Additional Configurations | ||
========================= | ||
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Generic Receive Offload (GRO) | ||
----------------------------- | ||
The driver supports the in-kernel software implementation of GRO. GRO has | ||
shown that by coalescing Rx traffic into larger chunks of data, CPU | ||
utilization can be significantly reduced when under large Rx load. GRO is | ||
an evolution of the previously-used LRO interface. GRO is able to coalesce | ||
other protocols besides TCP. It's also safe to use with configurations that | ||
are problematic for LRO, namely bridging and iSCSI. | ||
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Ethtool | ||
------- | ||
The driver utilizes the ethtool interface for driver configuration and | ||
diagnostics, as well as displaying statistical information. The latest | ||
ethtool version is required for this functionality. | ||
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The latest release of ethtool can be found from | ||
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool | ||
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Data Center Bridging (DCB) | ||
-------------------------- | ||
DCB configuration is not currently supported. | ||
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FCoE | ||
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Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) hardware offload is not currently | ||
supported. | ||
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MAC and VLAN anti-spoofing feature | ||
---------------------------------- | ||
When a malicious driver attempts to send a spoofed packet, it is dropped by | ||
the hardware and not transmitted. An interrupt is sent to the PF driver | ||
notifying it of the spoof attempt. | ||
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When a spoofed packet is detected the PF driver will send the following | ||
message to the system log (displayed by the "dmesg" command): | ||
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Spoof event(s) detected on VF (n) | ||
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Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing. | ||
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Performance Tuning | ||
================== | ||
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An excellent article on performance tuning can be found at: | ||
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http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2008/downloads/pdf/Thursday/Mark_Wagner.pdf | ||
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Known Issues | ||
============ | ||
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Support | ||
======= | ||
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For general information, go to the Intel support website at: | ||
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http://support.intel.com | ||
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or the Intel Wired Networking project hosted by Sourceforge at: | ||
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http://e1000.sourceforge.net | ||
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If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported | ||
kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information related | ||
to the issue to e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net and copy | ||
netdev@vger.kernel.org. |
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################################################################################ | ||
# | ||
# Intel Ethernet Controller XL710 Family Linux Driver | ||
# Copyright(c) 2013 Intel Corporation. | ||
# | ||
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it | ||
# under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License, | ||
# version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. | ||
# | ||
# This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT | ||
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or | ||
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for | ||
# more details. | ||
# | ||
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with | ||
# this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., | ||
# 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. | ||
# | ||
# The full GNU General Public License is included in this distribution in | ||
# the file called "COPYING". | ||
# | ||
# Contact Information: | ||
# e1000-devel Mailing List <e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> | ||
# Intel Corporation, 5200 N.E. Elam Young Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124-6497 | ||
# | ||
################################################################################ | ||
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# | ||
# Makefile for the Intel(R) Ethernet Connection XL710 (i40e.ko) driver | ||
# | ||
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obj-$(CONFIG_I40E) += i40e.o | ||
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i40e-objs := i40e_main.o \ | ||
i40e_ethtool.o \ | ||
i40e_adminq.o \ | ||
i40e_common.o \ | ||
i40e_hmc.o \ | ||
i40e_lan_hmc.o \ | ||
i40e_nvm.o \ | ||
i40e_debugfs.o \ | ||
i40e_diag.o \ | ||
i40e_txrx.o \ | ||
i40e_virtchnl_pf.o |