4
5 NAME
6 ixgbe - Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
7
8 SYNOPSIS
9 /dev/ixgbe*
10
11
12 DESCRIPTION
13 The ixgbe 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
14 clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider
15 Interface, dlpi(7P), on Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet
16 controllers.
17
18
19 The ixgbe driver functions include controller initialization, frame
20 transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error
21 recovery and reporting.
22
23
24 The ixgbe driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
25 specified by the IEEE 802.3ae specification.
26
27 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
28 The cloning character-special device, /dev/ixgbe, is used to access all
29 Intel 10 -Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the
30 system.
31
32
33 The ixgbe driver is managed by the dladm(1M) command line utility,
34 which allows VLANs to be defined on top of ixgbe instances and for
35 ixgbe instances to be aggregated. See dladm(1M) for more details.
36
37
38 You must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message to associate the opened
39 stream with a particular device (PPA). The PPA ID is interpreted as an
40 unsigned integer data type and indicates the corresponding device
41 instance (unit) number. The driver returns an error (DL_ERROR_ACK) if
42 the PPA field value does not correspond to a valid device instance
43 number for the system. The device is initialized on first attach and
44 de-initialized (stopped) at last detach.
45
46
47 The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in
48 response to your DL_INFO_REQ are:
49
50 o Maximum SDU is 16366.
51
52 o Minimum SDU is 0.
53
54 o DLSAP address length is 8.
55
56 o MAC type is DL_ETHER.
57
58 o SAP (Service Access Point) length value is -2, meaning the
59 physical address component is followed immediately by a
60 2-byte SAP component within the DLSAP address.
61
62 o Broadcast address value is the Ethernet/IEEE broadcast
63 address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).
64
65 Once in the DL_ATTACHED state, you must send a DL_BIND_REQ
66 to associate a particular SAP with the stream.
67
68 CONFIGURATION
69 By default, the ixgbe driver performs auto-negotiation to select the
70 link speed and mode. Link speed and mode can only be 10000 Mbps full-
71 duplex for fiber, and only 10000, 1000, or 100 Mbps full-duplex for
81
82
83 /kernel/drv/amd64/ixgbe
84 64-bit device driver (x86).
85
86
87 /kernel/drv/sparcv9/ixgbe
88 64-bit device driver (SPARC).
89
90
91 /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf
92 Configuration file.
93
94
95 ATTRIBUTES
96 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
97
98
99
100
101 +--------------------------------------+
102 |ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
103 |Architecture SPARC, x86 |
104 |Interface Stability Committed |
105 +--------------------------------------+
106
107 SEE ALSO
108 dladm(1M), netstat(1M), driver.conf(4), attributes(5), streamio(7I),
109 dlpi(7P)
110
111
112 Writing Device Drivers
113
114
115 STREAMS Programming Guide
116
117
118 Network Interfaces Programmer's Guide
119
120
121 IEEE 802.3ae Specificiation, IEEE - 2002
122
123
124
125 June 3, 2009 IXGBE(7D)
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4
5 NAME
6 ixgbe - Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
7
8 SYNOPSIS
9 /dev/ixgbe*
10
11
12 DESCRIPTION
13 The ixgbe 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
14 clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider
15 Interface, dlpi(7P), on Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet
16 controllers.
17
18
19 The ixgbe driver functions include controller initialization, frame
20 transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error
21 recovery and reporting.
22
23
24 The ixgbe driver supports the following Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express
25 Ethernet controllers:
26
27 o Intel Ethernet Controller 82598EB Family
28
29 o Intel Ethernet Controller 82599EB (X520) Family
30
31 o Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Family
32
33 o Intel Ethernet Controller X550 Family
34
35 The ixgbe driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
36 specified by the IEEE 802.3ae specification.
37
38 APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
39 The cloning character-special device, /dev/ixgbe, is used to access all
40 Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the
41 system.
42
43
44 The ixgbe driver is managed by the dladm(1M) command line utility,
45 which allows VLANs to be defined on top of ixgbe instances and for
46 ixgbe instances to be aggregated. See dladm(1M) for more details.
47
48
49 You must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message to associate the opened
50 stream with a particular device (PPA). The PPA ID is interpreted as an
51 unsigned integer data type and indicates the corresponding device
52 instance (unit) number. The driver returns an error (DL_ERROR_ACK) if
53 the PPA field value does not correspond to a valid device instance
54 number for the system. The device is initialized on first attach and
55 de-initialized (stopped) at last detach.
56
57
58 The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in
59 response to your DL_INFO_REQ are:
60
61 o Maximum SDU for Intel 82598EB is 16366.
62
63 o Maximum SDU for Intel 82599EB, X540 and X550 is 15500.
64
65 o Minimum SDU is 0.
66
67 o DLSAP address length is 8.
68
69 o MAC type is DL_ETHER.
70
71 o SAP (Service Access Point) length value is -2, meaning the
72 physical address component is followed immediately by a
73 2-byte SAP component within the DLSAP address.
74
75 o Broadcast address value is the Ethernet/IEEE broadcast
76 address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).
77
78 Once in the DL_ATTACHED state, you must send a DL_BIND_REQ
79 to associate a particular SAP with the stream.
80
81 CONFIGURATION
82 By default, the ixgbe driver performs auto-negotiation to select the
83 link speed and mode. Link speed and mode can only be 10000 Mbps full-
84 duplex for fiber, and only 10000, 1000, or 100 Mbps full-duplex for
94
95
96 /kernel/drv/amd64/ixgbe
97 64-bit device driver (x86).
98
99
100 /kernel/drv/sparcv9/ixgbe
101 64-bit device driver (SPARC).
102
103
104 /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf
105 Configuration file.
106
107
108 ATTRIBUTES
109 See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
110
111
112
113
114 +--------------------+-----------------+
115 | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
116 +--------------------+-----------------+
117 |Architecture | SPARC, x86 |
118 +--------------------+-----------------+
119 |Interface Stability | Committed |
120 +--------------------+-----------------+
121
122 SEE ALSO
123 dladm(1M), netstat(1M), driver.conf(4), attributes(5), streamio(7I),
124 dlpi(7P)
125
126
127 Writing Device Drivers
128
129
130 STREAMS Programming Guide
131
132
133 Network Interfaces Programmer's Guide
134
135
136 IEEE 802.3ae Specificiation, IEEE - 2002
137
138
139
140 April 10, 2016 IXGBE(7D)
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