NAME¶
ixgbe —
Intel(R) 10Gb 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
ixgbe
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following
line in
loader.conf(5):
DESCRIPTION¶
The
ixgbe driver provides support for PCI 10Gb Ethernet
adapters based on the Intel 82598EB Intel(R) Network Connections. The driver
supports Jumbo Frames, MSIX, TSO, and RSS.
For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation
supplied with your Intel 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
ixgbe driver supports the following cards:
- Intel(R) 10 Gigabit XF SR/AF
Dual Port Server Adapter
- Intel(R) 10 Gigabit XF SR/LR
Server Adapter
- Intel(R) 82598EB 10 Gigabit
AF Network Connection
- Intel(R) 82598EB 10 Gigabit
AT CX4 Network Connection
DIAGNOSTICS¶
- ixgbe%d: Unable to allocate bus
resource: memory
- A fatal initialization error has occurred.
- ixgbe%d: Unable to allocate bus
resource: interrupt
- A fatal initialization error has occurred.
- ixgbe%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),
netintro(4),
ng_ether(4),
polling(4),
vlan(4),
ifconfig(8)
HISTORY¶
The
ixgbe device driver first appeared in
FreeBSD 7.0.
AUTHORS¶
The
ixgbe driver was written by
Intel
Corporation ⟨freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com⟩.