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154 lines
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Release notes for Neterion's (Formerly S2io) Xframe I/II PCI-X 10GbE driver.
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Contents
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- 1. Introduction
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- 2. Identifying the adapter/interface
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- 3. Features supported
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- 4. Command line parameters
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- 5. Performance suggestions
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- 6. Available Downloads
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1. Introduction:
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This Linux driver supports Neterion's Xframe I PCI-X 1.0 and
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Xframe II PCI-X 2.0 adapters. It supports several features
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such as jumbo frames, MSI/MSI-X, checksum offloads, TSO, UFO and so on.
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See below for complete list of features.
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All features are supported for both IPv4 and IPv6.
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2. Identifying the adapter/interface:
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a. Insert the adapter(s) in your system.
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b. Build and load driver
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# insmod s2io.ko
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c. View log messages
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# dmesg | tail -40
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You will see messages similar to:
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eth3: Neterion Xframe I 10GbE adapter (rev 3), Version 2.0.9.1, Intr type INTA
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eth4: Neterion Xframe II 10GbE adapter (rev 2), Version 2.0.9.1, Intr type INTA
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eth4: Device is on 64 bit 133MHz PCIX(M1) bus
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The above messages identify the adapter type(Xframe I/II), adapter revision,
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driver version, interface name(eth3, eth4), Interrupt type(INTA, MSI, MSI-X).
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In case of Xframe II, the PCI/PCI-X bus width and frequency are displayed
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as well.
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To associate an interface with a physical adapter use "ethtool -p <ethX>".
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The corresponding adapter's LED will blink multiple times.
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3. Features supported:
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a. Jumbo frames. Xframe I/II supports MTU upto 9600 bytes,
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modifiable using ifconfig command.
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b. Offloads. Supports checksum offload(TCP/UDP/IP) on transmit
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and receive, TSO.
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c. Multi-buffer receive mode. Scattering of packet across multiple
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buffers. Currently driver supports 2-buffer mode which yields
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significant performance improvement on certain platforms(SGI Altix,
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IBM xSeries).
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d. MSI/MSI-X. Can be enabled on platforms which support this feature
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(IA64, Xeon) resulting in noticeable performance improvement(upto 7%
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on certain platforms).
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e. NAPI. Compile-time option(CONFIG_S2IO_NAPI) for better Rx interrupt
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moderation.
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f. Statistics. Comprehensive MAC-level and software statistics displayed
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using "ethtool -S" option.
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g. Multi-FIFO/Ring. Supports up to 8 transmit queues and receive rings,
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with multiple steering options.
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4. Command line parameters
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a. tx_fifo_num
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Number of transmit queues
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Valid range: 1-8
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Default: 1
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b. rx_ring_num
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Number of receive rings
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Valid range: 1-8
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Default: 1
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c. tx_fifo_len
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Size of each transmit queue
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Valid range: Total length of all queues should not exceed 8192
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Default: 4096
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d. rx_ring_sz
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Size of each receive ring(in 4K blocks)
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Valid range: Limited by memory on system
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Default: 30
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e. intr_type
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Specifies interrupt type. Possible values 0(INTA), 2(MSI-X)
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Valid values: 0, 2
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Default: 2
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5. Performance suggestions
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General:
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a. Set MTU to maximum(9000 for switch setup, 9600 in back-to-back configuration)
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b. Set TCP windows size to optimal value.
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For instance, for MTU=1500 a value of 210K has been observed to result in
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good performance.
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# sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rmem="210000 210000 210000"
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# sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_wmem="210000 210000 210000"
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For MTU=9000, TCP window size of 10 MB is recommended.
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# sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_rmem="10000000 10000000 10000000"
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# sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_wmem="10000000 10000000 10000000"
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Transmit performance:
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a. By default, the driver respects BIOS settings for PCI bus parameters.
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However, you may want to experiment with PCI bus parameters
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max-split-transactions(MOST) and MMRBC (use setpci command).
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A MOST value of 2 has been found optimal for Opterons and 3 for Itanium.
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It could be different for your hardware.
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Set MMRBC to 4K**.
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For example you can set
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For opteron
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#setpci -d 17d5:* 62=1d
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For Itanium
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#setpci -d 17d5:* 62=3d
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For detailed description of the PCI registers, please see Xframe User Guide.
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b. Ensure Transmit Checksum offload is enabled. Use ethtool to set/verify this
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parameter.
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c. Turn on TSO(using "ethtool -K")
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# ethtool -K <ethX> tso on
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Receive performance:
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a. By default, the driver respects BIOS settings for PCI bus parameters.
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However, you may want to set PCI latency timer to 248.
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#setpci -d 17d5:* LATENCY_TIMER=f8
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For detailed description of the PCI registers, please see Xframe User Guide.
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b. Use 2-buffer mode. This results in large performance boost on
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certain platforms(eg. SGI Altix, IBM xSeries).
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c. Ensure Receive Checksum offload is enabled. Use "ethtool -K ethX" command to
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set/verify this option.
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d. Enable NAPI feature(in kernel configuration Device Drivers ---> Network
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device support ---> Ethernet (10000 Mbit) ---> S2IO 10Gbe Xframe NIC) to
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bring down CPU utilization.
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** For AMD opteron platforms with 8131 chipset, MMRBC=1 and MOST=1 are
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recommended as safe parameters.
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For more information, please review the AMD8131 errata at
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http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/26310.pdf
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6. Available Downloads
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Neterion "s2io" driver in Red Hat and Suse 2.6-based distributions is kept up
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to date, also the latest "s2io" code (including support for 2.4 kernels) is
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available via "Support" link on the Neterion site: http://www.neterion.com.
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For Xframe User Guide (Programming manual), visit ftp site ns1.s2io.com,
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user: linuxdocs password: HALdocs
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7. Support
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For further support please contact either your 10GbE Xframe NIC vendor (IBM,
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HP, SGI etc.) or click on the "Support" link on the Neterion site:
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http://www.neterion.com.
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