The module parameters FdirMode, FdirPballoc, AtrSampleRate, or Node are not available in the in-kernel driver, only in Intel's out-of-tree SourceForge driver. Remove these from the kernel documentation. Remove reference to Intel affinity script. Move max_vfs to tidy up. Signed-off-by: Jamie Bainbridge <jamie.bainbridge@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt | 62 +++++++------------------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt b/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt index 6f0cb57b59c6b3713b3428c0dfadbbec46972ab5..77b5b4f75fe751e0f52b8fa26f2beb71436bfdc9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ixgbe.txt @@ -128,9 +128,6 @@ for flexible flow classification and load balancing. Flow director is enabled only if the kernel is multiple TX queue capable. -An included script (set_irq_affinity.sh) automates setting the IRQ to CPU -affinity. - You can verify that the driver is using Flow Director by looking at the counter in ethtool: fdir_miss and fdir_match. @@ -158,54 +155,6 @@ NOTE: Receive Packet Steering (RPS) and Receive Flow Steering (RFS) are not compatible with Flow Director. IF Flow Director is enabled, these will be disabled. -The following three parameters impact Flow Director. - -FdirMode --------- -Valid Range: 0-2 (0=off, 1=ATR, 2=Perfect filter mode) -Default Value: 1 - - Flow Director filtering modes. - -FdirPballoc ------------ -Valid Range: 0-2 (0=64k, 1=128k, 2=256k) -Default Value: 0 - - Flow Director allocated packet buffer size. - -AtrSampleRate --------------- -Valid Range: 1-100 -Default Value: 20 - - Software ATR Tx packet sample rate. For example, when set to 20, every 20th - packet, looks to see if the packet will create a new flow. - -Node ----- -Valid Range: 0-n -Default Value: 1 (off) - - 0 - n: where n is the number of NUMA nodes (i.e. 0 - 3) currently online in - your system - 1: turns this option off - - The Node parameter will allow you to pick which NUMA node you want to have - the adapter allocate memory on. - -max_vfs -------- -Valid Range: 1-63 -Default Value: 0 - - If the value is greater than 0 it will also force the VMDq parameter to be 1 - or more. - - This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to - max_vfs worth of virtual function. - - Additional Configurations ========================= @@ -297,6 +246,17 @@ Additional Configurations Where n=the VF that attempted to do the spoofing. + max_vfs + ------- + Valid Range: 1-63 + Default Value: 0 + + If the value is greater than 0 it will also force the VMDq parameter to be 1 + or more. + + This parameter adds support for SR-IOV. It causes the driver to spawn up to + max_vfs worth of virtual function. + Performance Tuning ================== -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
