NAME¶
ixgb —
Intel(R) PRO/10GbE Ethernet
driver for the FreeBSD operating system
SYNOPSIS¶
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel
configuration file:
device ixgb
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
DESCRIPTION¶
The
ixgb driver provides support for PCI Gigabit Ethernet
adapters based on the Intel 82597EX Ethernet controller chips. The driver
supports Transmit/Receive checksum offload and Jumbo Frames.
For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation
supplied with your Intel PRO/10GbE adapter. All hardware requirements listed
apply to use with
FreeBSD.
Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an
MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the
ifconfig(8) utility
configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. The maximum MTU
size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.
This driver version supports VLANs. For information on enabling VLANs, see
ifconfig(8).
HARDWARE¶
The
ixgb driver supports the following cards:
- Intel PRO/10GbE LR Server
Adapter
- Intel PRO/10GbE SR Server
Adapter
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus
resource: memory
- A fatal initialization error has occurred.
- ixgb%d: Unable to allocate bus
resource: interrupt
- A fatal initialization error has occurred.
- ixgb%d: watchdog timeout --
resetting
- The device has stopped responding to the network, or there
is a problem with the network connection (cable).
SUPPORT¶
For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at:
http://support.intel.com.
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 ⟨freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com⟩.
SEE ALSO¶
arp(4),
em(4),
netintro(4),
ng_ether(4),
polling(4),
vlan(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY¶
The
ixgb device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 4.11 and
FreeBSD 5.3.
AUTHORS¶
The
ixgb driver was written by
Intel
Corporation ⟨freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com⟩.