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Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 20:38:26 UTC
The branch main has been updated by kbowling:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=20b823a59bc7419a6f93ec5097bd5ee524c20981
commit 20b823a59bc7419a6f93ec5097bd5ee524c20981
Author: Diego Casati <diego.casati@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2024-10-26 20:34:16 +0000
Commit: Kevin Bowling <kbowling@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-10-26 20:37:06 +0000
ixgbe.4: Add flow director CAVEAT
Flow-director support is not fully implemented and will cause
errors if enabled. Mention this in the ixgbe(4) manual.
PR: 202663
MFC after: 3 days
Co-authored-by: Alexander Ziaee <concussious@runbox.com>
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1493
---
share/man/man4/ixgbe.4 | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/share/man/man4/ixgbe.4 b/share/man/man4/ixgbe.4
index b151d3466392..ccdf50cf9674 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/ixgbe.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/ixgbe.4
@@ -124,3 +124,11 @@ The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Intel Corporation Aq Mt freebsd@intel.com .
+.Sh CAVEATS
+Intel (R) Flow director support is not fully implemented in
+.Fx
+at this time and additional work is required
+before those features can be supported.
+.Pp
+Enabling flow director may route traffic to the wrong RX queue of the NIC,
+resulting in sub-optimal performance on the receive side.