kern/173201: Missing / broken ixgbe sysctl's and tunables (patch included)

Steven Hartland steven.hartland at multiplay.co.uk
Tue Oct 30 02:40:02 UTC 2012


>Number:         173201
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Missing / broken ixgbe sysctl's and tunables (patch included)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 30 02:40:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Steven Hartland
>Release:        8.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
Multiplay
>Environment:
FreeBSD dev 8.3-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p4 #22: Mon Sep 17 17:18:32 UTC 2012     root at dev:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MULTIPLAY  amd64
>Description:
Added sysctl's for ixgbe all tunables

Wired up hw.ixgbe.flow_control (was never used)

Added hw.ixgbe.advertise_speed which allows /boot/loader.conf to configure advertised speed as sysctl.conf is too late for network changes.

Made enable_aim device independent based on hw.ixgbe.enable_aim as a default.
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
Apply the attached patch

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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