igb and ALTQ in 9.1-rc3

Nick Rogers ncrogers at gmail.com
Tue Apr 2 22:54:03 UTC 2013


On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> Yes:
>
> * you need to add it to conf/options - see if there's an opt_igb.h to
> add it to, otherwise you'll need to add one;
> * Make sure the driver code includes opt_igb.h;
> * Then make sure you make kernel modules using either make buildkernel
> KERNCONF=X, or you set the environment appropriately so the build
> scripts can find your kernel build directory (where it populates all
> the opt_xxx.h includes) and it'll have this module set.

Thanks, I figured as much.

>
> Hopefully Jack will do this.

This should probably be done for EM_MULTIQUEUE and IGB_LEGACY_TX options.

>
> Yes, we need a better queue management discipline API in the kernel.
> Jacks' just falling afoul of the fact we don't have one. It's not his
> fault.

No blame from me... He's been very helpful so far as always.

>
>
>
> adrian


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